A mother criticizes Lancashire County Council for failing to provide suitable education and support for her 21-year-old son with autism, epilepsy, and blindness.
The mother of a 21-year-old with additional needs says young people are being failed by Lancashire County Council when they transition to adulthood.
But as Connor reached leaving age, in 2019 Laura says a review meeting was set up to arrange the next steps for him. "It was excuse after excuse", she said. "No-one came to the review meeting, then school set up a review over Teams. It was just me, Connor and the school." "During lockdown I employed an occupational therapist to come and do life skills with him, help with his mobility skills and keep things going. We had no input from school or the local authority.
"It makes me angry being ignored for two years", she said. "There seems to be long term sickness or people on holiday, while my child is at home and out of education. Connor needs special education, which is why he spent his school years at St Vincent's. " "Children are being left without a place to go. Most of my time is taken up caring for Connor or fighting for him. There are so many children lost in the system.
"They have allocated a young person who is totally blind, with autism and epilepsy, a mainstream school where his needs can't be met. We are now waiting for an appeal date, which will be another 51 weeks to try and get Connor into a specialist college, and all the time he is getting more isolated."
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