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Peter Black and South Wales West Liberal DemocratsRepresenting Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot, and Swansea |
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Helping Disabled students
August 13, 2010 12:00 AM
By Peter Black in Seaside News September 2010
By Peter Black in Seaside News September 2010
When I visited the Eisteddfod last month I added my name to a campaign that calls on the Welsh Government to provide further education places for disabled Welsh students.
At present there are no further education facilities for disabled people with complex impairments over the age of 19 in Wales. Disabled students have the option of either travelling to England, where places are limited, or staying at home and not receiving an education.
The disability charity, Scope Cymru has a 'Further from Education' campaign which calls for further education colleges in Wales to be expanded so that they have the skills and expertise to educate disabled students with complex impairments.
The charity also wants any new provision to be located on multiple sites across Wales to allow easy access for students from all parts of the country and to reduce the need for residential placements.
This lack of further education places in Wales for disabled students with complex impairments was identified by the Assembly's education committee in 2006 but nothing was done about it. I was therefore delighted to add my support to this campaign to ask the Welsh Government to pick up the committee's recommendations.
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