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Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook
A legal handbook is an authoritative yet accessible guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The handbook aims to empower disabled children and their families through a greater understanding of their rights and entitlements. It is essential…DfE Advice & Guidance Booklets
There are specific guidance booklets produced by the Department for Education to help all settings, parents, carers and young people understand the new Code of Practice. Please click on the most relevant link below: Guidance for parents and carers Guidance for children and young people…Videos
We have gathered together some videos for you to help explain a bit more about people you may meet, teams or services that you might get involved with. If you would like to get involved or have any suggestions of things you would like us…Mencaps Young Peoples Guide to the SEND Reforms
Mencap have produced an easy read document for young people to explain the SEND reforms. Take a look in the downloads section of this page.Guide to Aids, equipment and adaptations - Contact
Contact have produced a Guide to help parents/carers and young people when it comes to finding out about Equipment, aids and adaptions that many young people need to help them in their day to day lives. You can download the guide from the downloads section…How to Read your Gas and Electric Meters and Your Bills Explained
National Energy Action (NEA) is the national charity seeking to end fuel poverty. NEA has produced a number of leaflets that can help you understand your household bills. Download the How to Guides from the righthand download section of this page.Young Peoples Guide to SEND Complaints
The Department for Education, along with Mott MacDonald, have created this useful guide for young people who are unhappy with the help they are getting at school or college. They have worked together with FLARE, the DfE's young advisory group, who directly fed back on…Life Skills Checklist - Preparing for Adulthood
The Preparation for Adulthood team has produced a Life Skills sheet to help develop the essential skills for independence. The list is designed to give young people and families some ideas about useful skills for the future. Not everyone will be able to achieve every…Changing Places - Accessible toilets in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough has a number of purpose-built Changing Places toilets for disabled people. Changing Places toilets are bigger than standard wheelchair accessible toilets, which don't provide changing benches or hoists, and are too small to accommodate a wheelchair user and more than one carer. Changing Places toilets are…