Include Me TOO, Black SEN Mamas and South Asian SEN Mamas want to thank our members, supporters, and allies for responding to our ‘Call To Action’ in solidarity.

Alongside over 30 organisations from Black, Asian and wider marginalised communities and allies in the SEND space, we are calling on the Department for Education @educationgovuk to extend the SEND Reform consultation deadline so that families who are too often excluded from these conversations have a fair opportunity to be heard.

Access to SEND support should never depend on how easy a consultation is to understand, respond to, or even access.

Too many parents and carers are facing barriers including language accessibility, digital exclusion, literacy challenges and a lack of culturally responsive engagement. These reforms will directly impact disabled children, young people and their families their voices must not be left out of the process.

This is a vital step in challenging long-standing barriers to access, amplifying underrepresented voices, and ensuring that decisions about SEND reform are shaped by our children, young people and families diverse lived experiences

This collective letter highlights the urgent need for fairness, accessibility and meaningful engagement in SEND policy making.