'Our young people matter and they deserve the opportunity to lead a fulfilling life'
Alma White with her son Caleb with Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly at the Caleb's Cause NI event at Stormont is seeking new legislation for post-19 SEN Northern Ireland including new care packages for young SEN adults over 19 years of age.statement of educational needs stops at 19
There they heard calls for a change in the law to ensure support for further education, training and employment is in place for all young people with SEN when they leave school and testimonies from some of those impacted. Speaking afterwards, Alma said:"It was great to see a public declaration of support from the Northern Ireland Executive and our MLAs and thank you for coming to our event and standing with us. Now we urge that legislation be implemented in this mandate to underpin services for young people with disabilities.
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