UK body urged for schools campaign

The Gloucestershire Special Schools Protection League has called
for a national organisation to campaign against the closure of
schools for disabled children and children with learning
difficulties.

League chairperson Graham Barton said he had received more than 50
telephone messages, 30 e-mails and letters from many counties
supporting the campaign.

“We want to form a national voice together to counter the wilder
claims made in the name of inclusion,” Barton said.

He said there was too much generalisation in the special needs
field – the term covers everyone from people with English as a
second language to those with autism.

Some children were self-mutilating as a result of being forced into
mainstream provision, while others have been bullied, he
added.

– Go to www.gsspl.org.uk