Mencap's worries over proposed council cuts to disabled children's transportation

Another charity has voiced disquiet over a potential threat to Kirklees Council's any age disability service and home-to-school transport.Mencap in Kirklees

stated any risk to services for individuals with a learning impairment would be a matter for concern.The charity has actually spoken out after the Inspector

exposed Kirklees Council is proposing to axe some complimentary transport for students who live more than 3 miles from their school.Read More Mencap's stance follows a caution by Contact, the UK charity

for households with disabled kids, that the authority's consultation exercise -which ended on Sunday Oct 22- might be deemed illegal if it fails to give parents sufficient time to react. Kirklees Council states it is proposing to "usually" supply free home-to-school travel plans "just where the law says we must."

That suggests it would money complimentary travel plans for kids of required school age who are completely living within the district and attending what the council defines as their nearby ideal school. Those who have actually opted to participate in schools further away are more than likely to lose their passes.The move has

been condemned by headteachers, parents and councillors who say it will adversely impact many families, particularly those on low incomes.Read More Carol Haigh, president of Mencap

in Kirklees, said the charity" welcomes the chance the council has provided people with a learning disability and their carers to make their views understood through this consultation exercise."We would be exceptionally concerned if the result of the consultation was that services for people with a knowing disability are minimized."Short breaks are important to carers who provide an enormous quantity of support to allow

a member of the family to live in the house. Without them there would be greater demand for full-time permanent care, putting an even bigger strain on council resources."

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