Parents told Belfast Live it felt like children with special and complex needs are being discriminated against
Children with special needs who are still waiting for a place in school or nursery next year had offers "retracted by the Education Authority".
"At the moment we have no idea where Lucas will be in September when he is due to start nursery, and even though we were offered a place that would have been suitable for him by a school, but then the Education Authority said that it could not be confirmed. "It feels like SEN parents are constantly having to fight for the basic rights of our children and rather than get easier for us, more and more barriers are just put in the way.
The MLA says she has called for an emergency meeting of NI's political representatives and the families who are affected on Monday at 12.30pm.
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