Let’s focus on what people with special needs can do, rather than what they can’t | Letters
Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s recommendation to boost internship opportunities for young people with special needs As a retired special school headteacher, I warmly welcome Alan Milburn’s proposal to expand supported internships for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (Turbocharge special needs internships to help tackle UK youth jobs crisis, says Milburn, 16 August). For too long society
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Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s recommendation to boost internship opportunities for young people with special needs As a retired special school headteacher, I warmly welcome Alan Milburn’s proposal to expand supported internships for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (Turbocharge special needs internships to help tackle UK youth jobs crisis, says Milburn, 16 August). For too long society
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Let’s focus on what people with special needs can do, rather than what they can’t | Letters
Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s recommendation to boost internship opportunities for young people with special needs As a retired special school headteacher, I warmly welcome Alan Milburn’s proposal to expand supported internships for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (Turbocharge special needs internships to help tackle UK youth jobs crisis, says Milburn, 16 August). For too long society
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