Maria Montessori believes that experiencing independence is not just a game for children, saying “It’s a task they must accomplish in order to grow.”...

It is somewhat ironic that children with special needs experience far fewer barriers to access and participation in the virtual world than they encounter...

It was actually a relief when our daughter Ellie was diagnosed with Dyslexia by Dyslexia Action in the Summer of her 9th Birthday. She...

The outdoors is a special playing and learning environment for all children: a place of unrestricted choice of movement and immersive sensory experience where...

Ahyla and her daughter both have Autism – here she describes how someone with the condition sees the world differently and how support and...

Adrian Voce OBE,  is a writer, consultant and campaigner specialising in policy, planning and funding for children’s play. Here he discusses the language of disability and...

Social interactions govern every community around the world, playing a huge role in daily life. Autistic people process the world differently because social understanding...

The Autistic spectrum represents a vast range of skills and traits and cannot be looked at in a linear fashion. Although autistic children can...

It’s estimated that up to 1 in every 10 to 20 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia. We asked Emily from...

Dyslexia in children is one of the most significant barriers to literacy, causing distress and confusion to significant numbers of young children. Should anyone...

Throughout history, many social and cultural majorities have tended to reject, isolate, and exclude those with physical disabilities and different needs. The Greeks and...

Children with a sensory impairment affecting hearing or vision must never be treated as if they had learning difficulties, and thus learning expectations should...

Social and Emotional Wellbeing ‘… the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school.’ William Shakespeare, ‘As...

As SEN provision has evolved, social attitudes and the descriptive language used to describe conditions has likewise been adjusted and updated. Unfortunately, this is...

This discussion will focus upon learning difficulties in a broad sense, leaving dyslexia, dyspraxia and similar specific learning difficulties (SpLD) to be explored later...

Society’s fascination with the talents of autistic-savants has been selectively influential in raising awareness about an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Pioneering Cornish physician John...

As elsewhere in the wider community, some children in an early years setting may have special needs associated with a physical or medical condition....