Children and young people with SEN and disabilities who attend residential special schools often many miles away from their parents face serious barriers to having their voice heard.
Some of these young people board on a part-time basis while others receive around-the-clock 52-week care.
They often have the most complex needs and they are among the least visible children in society, making it all the more important that we be attentive to their experiences, views and wishes.
Children should have their say, whoever they are, whatever their needs. Yet this is no easy task for children in residential special schools, especially for those for whom communication is limited or difficult. For children and young people with SEN and disabilities, decisions may more often than not be made for them, not with or by them.
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