Diagnosis, transitions, equipment, care, and family planning: the practical side of daily life with a disabled child in England. 15 articles found.
NHS ADHD and autism assessment waits can run past six years in some areas. Right to Choose is a free legal right to ask for a different NHS provider instead.
Direct payments let you arrange your child's care yourself with council funding, no means test for children. What you can spend it on, and how to ask.
Every council in England must publish a Local Offer of SEND services by law. What it has to include, how to use it without an EHCP, and what to do if yours is thin.
SENDIASS is free, confidential, and impartial support every council must provide. What it can help with, what it can't, and how to find yours.
At 18, you lose automatic legal authority over your child. Three routes exist to maintain it, each with different costs, timescales, and requirements.
If your child can't attend school due to health, anxiety, or placement breakdown, the LA must provide full-time education. What Section 19 requires, and how to enforce it.
Your disabled child is automatically a 'child in need' under the Children Act 1989. Asking for a social care assessment, and what it can lead to.
78,577 children waited over a year for CAMHS in 2023/24. Your child still has rights while waiting. Here's what you're entitled to and how to get support now.
The Disabled Facilities Grant funds home adaptations up to £30,000. For children under 19, there's no means test. What it covers, who qualifies, and the process.
Your local authority has a legal duty to provide short breaks for families of disabled children. Most families have never accessed them.
You have a legal right to an assessment of your own needs as a carer. Most SEND parents don't know it exists.
You don't need to do everything at once. The first steps are: talk to the SENCO, check DLA eligibility, and find your local SENDIASS.
At 18, social care law changes completely. Your child's EHCP can continue, but everything else shifts. Here's what to prepare for.
DLA is based on needs. EHCPs are based on needs. School support is based on needs. You can access all of these right now.
NHS wait times for autism and ADHD diagnosis can stretch to years. The process step by step, what Right to Choose means, and why you don't need to wait.
