Don't Send Him in Tomorrow: Shining a light on the marginalised, disenfranchised and forgotten children of today's schools

Description

Every health and wealth indicator used to measure people with learning difficulties reveals something alarming. They die younger. They work less. They are much more likely to be excluded from school. They are more likely to be bullied at school. Leaders in education including politicians, regulators, head teachers, and even parents are marginalizing, disenfranchising and isolating children with learning difficulties. We are creating an underclass that is invisible to society. The progress that children with learning difficulties make is never discussed, because it is not understood. That is a problem. The bone-crushing infrastructure which professionals have to negotiate is a problem. The fact that so many parents have to fight tooth and nail so that the needs of their children are met, which the rest of us would consider a basic entitlement, is a problem. This chronic and pervasive lack of understanding and discussion is a problem: one which this book seeks to redress.