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Mums of children with special needs defend Katie Price using government support
Flower Pot
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walk a mile in her shoes
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/katie-price-row-mums-children-5074316
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/katie-price-row-mums-children-5074316
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And none of the above is remotely true all bar the comment about people's misplaced anger. Days later these same tired points are still being recycled so I won't bother repeating why its wrong. Some people prefer sticking their fingers in their ears and saying "I can't hear you!"
I'm pretty certain if she was told she had to pay for it herself she's quickly find a cheaper solution. People are very good at spending other people's money and in my experience the richer people are the meaner they are - which is probably how they got rich in the first place ...
I agree, it seems the more they have, the more they want. I can't and will never understand how people need so much money.
Harvey has very complex educational and medical needs and can't be accommodated by any school in his locality. I'm sure she would far rather he was closer to home but as the government has closed so many special schools, children with these needs have to be transported ever further in order to get an appropriate education.
My children who have ASDs spent many years being taken by taxi to schools 15 miles away, however as they reached secondary level they were able to go to a special school that's only 5 minutes away and I have been very happy to take them there myself.
I certainly don't begrudge Katie Price. Unless you actually have a child with such demanding needs, you have no idea just how much of a strain it puts on you, regardless of whether you have money or not. She would probably be happy to give up all that money if only he could be healthy.
While I completely agree with rich people being meaner, not sure that is the case here.
If there was a suitable school with a place that was close, I'm sure the local authority would only pay for transport to that school.
I understand that. KP tried to open a school close to her but couldn't get the funding, which suggests to me that it is cheaper for the local authority to ferry their kids vast distances than open a school.
Answer - make more schools accessible for children with any physical/learning or mental health diffculty.
I mean accessible here - as in able provide for and care for in a social/learning environment.
Why not get the rich to pay more taxes than the poor and then fund every child who needs special help with their education, whatever their parents earn?!
Radical. :cool:
Agreed. What I would want the answer to is whether there was an 'accessible school' for her child nearer to their home - whereby they can reduce the costs of his travel and reliance on travel expenditure by government. She is absolutely entitled to have the support.
She would pay don't doubt that.
Who else in this world is looking out for Harvey?
Like most parents we make sure our kids have the best start in life we can and fight their corner when we have too.
She is doing nothing any other parent would't do. If she wasn't bothered to make sure he got the best she could find, who would be?
The anti PC brigade really will.stoop to any level of ignorance to try and win a thing. Hopkins knew all about Jordans child care and put it out there for the outraged to be outraged. Despicable creature.
I support Katie i n this subject but it has now been discussed over and over and over again ths is bb It's time to move onto something new now
You have a disabled child, you get a Statement of (special) Educational Needs - SEN - which, for a child with his complex needs, would include the transport and care aspect of his journey to school, no matter his means or his parents means.
You don't get the SEN, you don't get to go to a school where you needs are met (be it a mainstream school for some children who are going down the inclusive route or a special school for those who have more complex needs). Without the SEN nothing is put into place to ensure the child is given the support they need to get an education, plus any additional therapies and support included in their daily school routine.
An SEN is a legal document, what is detailed in it must be carried out.
"A statement of special education needs describes your child’s needs and how they should be met, including what school they should go to."
https://www.gov.uk/children-with-special-educational-needs/support-before-september-2014
Okay. Cool. Lets not pay for them to travel to a school that they can integrate into and a school that can accommodate their needs while also still pay attention to the needs of the school and pupils as a whole. Let them just find their own way..
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The fact is normal schools can't provide the care they need to help them flourish and it also means that those kids without disabilities level of care is then sacrificed - it has to work for all children - not just a few.
No. The school local to Price's family was closed down due to funding cuts so the council are legally required to transport Harvey to the nearest school which is an hour away. There's a statement on this on Katie Price's website if you care to google it.
Yes.....but don't they already do this?
Thank you. I like Hopkins but she was wrong on this. Needs to research sometimes before making fleeting statements doesn't she?
I have worked with young adults with learning disabilities, physical difficulties and mental health problems. I know how difficult it is to get the support that is so sorely needed. Financially, physically and emotionally.
Whose care is being sacrificed? There are plenty of great schools available to non-disabled children in every district. Some are even outstanding.
Should Rupert Murdoch keep his Winter Fuel allowance or should he return the money to the Government to help the less well off?