Useful Links
West Yorkshire Children’s Additional Needs Network – Facebook page: information about a variety of organisations and services which support children and families.
SEND Leeds Local Offer: information about organisations, activities and support for children with additional needs and their families.
SENDIASS: Special Education Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Services in Leeds.
SENSAP (SEN Statutory Assessment Provision) team at Leeds City Council.
Scope Family Services: Support services available from charity SCOPE for parents and carers of disabled children.
Apply for a Blue Badge: Check your eligibility and apply for a Blue Badge, to help you park closer to your destination if you’re disabled.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA): This video about how to complete a DLA form has been produced by Carers Leeds and Irwin Mitchell.
Podcasts
The Different Minds: a series about Neurodiversity by Broadcaster John Offord. features John talks to people from all walks of life about the different ways our brains can work and interpret information.
The Neurodivergent Woman: hosted by a clinical psychologist and a clinical neuropsychologist, who discuss the broad spectrum of neurodivergences and the crossovers between them. Although broadcast from Australia, they reference systems and research from the UK and USA.
