New term, New news, Read on… 30th August 2016 Dear All Activity steps up as summer ends and term begins… At the request of the Lead Education Advisor for SEND (AfC), we will be compiling a “SENCo’s Summer Compilation” which will edit together News and Links, but remove the date-specific items. This will be on our website under Useful Documents later this week.
Please look at the SFV website… We’ve been busy planning for the new academic year, we’ve updated our website including our Policies and more about who we are (About Us). More importantly, we’ve started planning events – please take a look at our Events page and get back to us with any questions or comments. You may be surprised at the breadth of our work! http://www.sendfamilyvoices.org/events Over the coming weeks, many disability specific support groups will be finalising their events programmes. You can find Express CIC’s calendar of autism related events here: http://www.expresscic.org.uk/events.html And, in the text below, you’ll find full details for the programme of talks from the Richmond Dyslexia Association. One of the thing that strikes us is that there are far more active disability specific support groups in Richmond (8) than in Kingston (3). We don’t know exactly why – but it is the way it is. Happily, the nature of support groups is that they welcome all parents and professionals regardless of where you live or practice.
A spectrum isn’t a straight line… We really liked this cartoon, published by The Mighty. Have a look at this and the pandisability stories on their website. “We publish real stories by real people facing real challenges. We are building a media brand and community around them. Having a disability or disease doesn’t have to be isolating. That’s why The Mighty exists.” https://themighty.com/2016/05/rebecca-burgess-comic-redesigns-the-autism-spectrum/
Talks and Forums
Meet the Richmond MPs Ruils are hosting a Disability Forum with Dr Tania Mathias and Zac Goldsmith. Both Tania and Zac will be there to listen to your issues and answer your questions. Thursday 8th September - 10.30am to 12noon Cole Court 150 London Road TW1 1DN Cole Court has free parking on site, or is a short walk from Twickenham station.