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Support SEND Kids are delighted to introduce the Disability Law in Education No-nonsense Guide. This is intended to be a first draft guide to allow SEND families, educators and practitioners to understand the relationship between the SEN and Equality Law with respect to education and disability discrimination. 

Framed through Q&A we are aiming to give answers to common questions on the intersection between the SEN framework (already covered in the Noddy No-nonsense Guide to SEN Law) and Disability Discrimination in Education (the D in SEND). We hope to show how the law applies and how all stakeholders can work to get reasonable adjustments for pupils who need it and actively prevent discrimination in education for children with SEND. 

Authors, Mandy Aulak and Sean Kennedy (Talem Law founders) have advised on the Equality Law for many years in the context of employment of adults but also specialise in the area of disability discrimination in schools and post-16 provision. In their practice they work with parents of children and young persons with special educational needs and disabilities and so bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to producing this guide. Mandy and Sean are passionate about creating true equality and inclusion of children and young persons in education. 

Disability Law in Education No-nonsense Guide covers (at very high level and only with respect to Education): 

• Equality Act 2010
• Disability Regs 2010
• Equality Act 2010 Guidance

This document is a public resource, shared under creative commons licence Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. Please download, use, circulate and quote from it, crediting the authors. 

Comments on any aspect of this Guide are encouraged: please comment directly on the Disability Q&A given here on Support SEND Kids, or message authors through their chambers.

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