Nick Clegg wrote a letter pledging a week's respite for those caring for people with autism, and improvements in special educational needs training for teachers.
He said there was a special need to train wind players there, given the surfeit of brilliant pianists and string players.
We had YAI give our staff sensitivity training about people with special needs, and we train people with autism on how to work in a bookstore.
Those include cuts to programs that aid children with special needs; job-training programs that help unemployed people find a new career; foreclosure prevention services; and programs that help 150,000 veterans every year make the transition into the nonmilitary work force.
These projects included using radio programmes to raise community awareness about disability issues, helping parents have a better understanding of their children's special needs, providing teacher training and psycho-social support to children living with disabilities.
"Some parents think their children they can't learn, even if they go to school – that it's a waste of time and money because they can't achieve anything," says David Kaule, a co-ordinator of itinerant special needs teachers, who are trained by Sightsavers and funded by the district authorities, each one working in about 10 schools.
I never went into this job with that in mind, nor did I think about money when deciding to train in special needs.
Rachel Rooney trained as a special needs teacher and currently works with children with autistic spectrum condition.
Greater emphasis will be placed on teachers' ability to help children learn to read, control unruly pupils and educate those with special needs or disabilities under a revised training framework announced by Ofsted today, the Telegraph reports.
Over the last few years Wilson has built up a force of some 30 special needs tutors scattered around the training regiments.
