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- AA
- Attendance Allowance – Paid to people aged 65 and older who are severely disabled physically or mentally to the extent that they need help with personal care
- Access to Work
- A Jobcentre Plus scheme providing practical support, or additional costs, for disabled people who are employed, or starting a new job.
- Annual review
- The review of a statement of special educational needs carried out by the local education authority.
- Assessment - Learning
- There are different types of assessments. One is a detailed examination, by a local education authority, of a child’s special educational needs.
- Assessment - Health and social care
- Normally organised through the social services department to identify a person's everyday health and social care needs.
- Assessment - Benefits
- Determines the type and level of benefits you may be entitled to. Carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
- Carer's Allowance
- The main social security benefit for someone who looks after a person who is severely disabled.
- DDA
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995. It aims to end the discrimination which many disabled people face.
- Direct payments (arranging your own care and services)
- Choosing to buy services yourself (to meet your assessed needs) instead of having services provided directly by your council.
- Direct Payment (pensions and benefits)
- Benefits, state pensions and war pensions paid straight into an account at a bank, building society or Post Office.
- Disabled Facilities Grant
- Financial help, paid by a local authority, towards the cost of making essential adaptations to a home.
- Disabled Students' Allowances
- Financial help for students in higher education who, because of their disability, have additional costs.
- DLA
- Disability Living Allowance. Paid to people who are severely disabled and who, as a result, have either personal care needs or mobility needs or both.
- DRC
- Disability Rights Commission. The DRC work towards ending discrimination against disabled people.
- DWP
- Department for Work and Pensions. In charge of employment services, benefits and pensions. DWP is also the lead department on disability.
- Hospital Travel Costs Scheme
- People on certain benefits may be entitled to help with costs of travelling to and from hospital.
- Individual Education Plans
- A planning and review ‘tool’ for teachers for recording key targets for an individual child.
- Occupational therapy
- Occupational Therapists promote independence by helping resolve practical problems or restrictions experienced in carrying out everyday activities.
- Parent Partnership Service
- Provides independent help and advice to parents on all aspects of their child’s special educational needs.
- Reasonable adjustments
- The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requires businesses, employers and organisations to take steps to tackle physical features - and change policies and procedures - that may act as barriers to disabled people to accessing services.
- SEN
- Special educational needs. Children with SEN have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age.
- SEN Co-ordinator (SENCO)
- A member of staff of a school or early education setting who is responsible for co-ordinating special educational needs support.
- Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- Children with SEN have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age.
- Statement (of special educational needs)
- A document that sets out a child’s needs and all the extra help they should get at school. It follows a formal assessment.
- Transition Plan
- A plan drawn up after the year 9 annual review of a statement. It sets out the steps needed to move from school to adult life.
