How Think Tanks Manipulate Families to Justify Cutting SEND Support
My analysis for Special Needs Jungle exposes Policy Exchange's tactics
Policy Exchange released a report claiming "overdiagnosis" is breaking the SEND system. Behind sympathetic language lies a blueprint for dismantling children's legal protections.
My Special Needs Jungle analysis exposes three manipulation tactics:
Divide and conquer - Blame "other families" rather than underfunding
Impossible bind - Attack parents as amateurs while demanding they become experts
False inclusion - Want success without changing exclusionary environments
With the Schools White Paper imminent, this provides cover for stripping away rights families fought to secure.