Out of step with the world?
Would the law on Inclusion be less vague and would the confusion which costs UK its childhoods be avoided, has the UK government not placed a reservation against the Education Article - Article 24 of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
In March 2007 the UK was one of the first 80 countries that signed a convention on the rights of the disabled people set up by the United Nations. However, The UK reservation against Article 24 on education, preserves its right to be able to place a child in a Special School, denying parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) the right to insist to have their child educated in a mainstream school.
Is the UK government out of step with the world while encouraging a system that now sustains a discrimination by furthering segregation of children with impairment? This is a research into the pores of society where the feeblest parents and children are fighting for the basic necessity with direct impact on life beyond school – education.
Katarina Petrovic listens to the voices of people at the heart of the problem.
Instead of a clear message on what is to happen, the UK society hides a horde of voices facing a system they don't understand. Amongst them are children's Charities, campaigning organizations such as Allfie (Alliance for Inclusive Education), school Head Teachers, Department for Education, and the children.
