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Equality and Human Rights Commission Welcomes High Court Ruling on Reasonable Adjustments in Schools
The Commission has welcomed a High Court ruling confirming that schools have to make reasonable adjustments for disabled children with conditions that give rise to behavioural problems.
The Commission part-funded the case acting on behalf of a nine-year old student who was excluded from his classroom at school, X, because of disruptive behaviour linked to his ADHD. When being removed from the classroom, the student JT scratched his teacher’s arm and was excluded from the school. The school later acknowledged that this was an inappropriate way to work with a child with his condition. However, they argued that his behaviour in this incident amounted to a tendency to physically abuse other people and therefore was not covered under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
High Court Decision Confirms Rights of Disabled Children
As a provider of training for schools over the past 10 years, we are increasingly hearing teachers' concerns regarding ADHD and legislation and thought it was important to bring you this news from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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