We urge the Labour government to drop plans to allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) access to benefit claimants’ bank accounts. Like other disabled people’s organisations, we see this as an unnecessary and distressing intrusion into the privacy of claimants, many of whom already feel anxious and insecure. The DWP already has the …
Neurodivergent Labour is disappointed to learn about the decision of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) to give accreditation to the U.K. Society of Behavioural Analysis. We feel that the PSA has not done enough to consult those who feel that ABA is harmful to Autistic and Neurodivergent people. One meeting with a small group of …
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Dear Neurodivergent Labour Members, We regret to inform you that due to many of us falling ill and suffering from burnout, the Executive Committee have made the decision to postpone the AGM until a later date, to ensure better attendance and so we can run the AGM to the same standard that we have in …
We do not intend to comment on the particulars of the controversy surrounding an email sent by Green MSP Lorna Slater, but make the following point about the issue.Autistic and other neurodivergent people may need to work in particular ways that suit them. Our Labour Party Autism / Neurodiversity Manifesto places great emphasis on the …
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Neurodivergent Labour is a relatively small organisation, with an Executive made up entirely of volunteers and funded only by membership subscriptions. Although this has made it difficult to carry out all the activity we would like to, we believe that our achievements this year have been remarkable given our size. Labour Party policy review ND …
Proposed by Carl Howes, seconded by Joseph Redford Motion 2: Non-maintained Special Schools Neurodivergent Labour notes that: – Over the last few years, there has been a notable increase in media reports of non-maintained special schools being rated “inadequate” by Ofsted, most recently the case of Acorn Park School in Banham, Norfolk. A string of …
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Motion 3. Compulsory Voter ID Proposed by Janine Booth, seconded by Hann Sutcliffe Neurodivergent Labour opposes the Conservative government’s plan for compulsory Voter Identification (ID), announced in May 2021. ND Labour believes that compulsory voter ID will create a barrier to many neurodivergent people exercising our democratic right to vote, because: 1. research shows that …
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Motion 1. Dyscalculia Provision: Things just are not adding up Proposed by Kathryn Downs, seconded by Nikki Hughes ND Labour is concerned that research shows that Dyscalculia is 100 times less likely to be diagnosed than Dyslexia and is currently 20 years behind Dyslexia in terms of research, funding, training and provision. Given that provision …
The Neurodivergent Labour Executive submits the following proposed changes to ND Labour’s rules: 1. REMOVAL OF LABOUR PARTY REGISTERED SUPPORTERS 4. DELETE first paragraph of (b) 2. RENAMING REGISTERED SUPPORTERS AS ‘SUPPORTING MEMBERS’ Throughout the constitution, DELETE ‘registered supporters’ and INSERT ‘supporting members’ 3. REVISING MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE In rule 5(a) , DELETE …
