Parents of children with special needs are demanding quality provision in mainstream and special schools. Karen Faux asks if moves for more inclusion can deliver
With more children diagnosed with special needs at an earlier age, specialist provision in nurseries is now seen as critical. But do parents really have a choice when it comes to the type of provision available, and is the Government's strategy of inclusion failing to provide the quality of support required? This debate is heating up. The recently publicised case of autistic six-year-old Max Hilton, whose parents were threatened with prosecution by East Sussex County Council for taking him out of mainstream school to attend a special school, underlines the fact that local authorities are determined to push through their policies.
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