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Moving Through Key Educational Transitions as a Disabled Young Person: The Education Workstream of the SEND Transitions Service

May 3, 2023December 14, 2023 Ben Clark

The BuDS SEND Transitions Service is a three-year project funded by The Rothschild Foundation. The purpose of the SEND Transitions Service is to improve the experience of disabled children and young people moving through key transitions within school education and from school education into work or further/higher education.

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work. This page explains the Education workstream, which is within the BuDS Fair4All Education project.

BuDS Joins Neurodiversity in Business (NiB)

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Ben Clark

Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDS) has become a Community Partner of Neurodiversity in Business (NiB), the voluntary industry forum supporting the participation of neurodivergent individuals in the workforce.

NiB draws on the cumulative knowledge of neurodivergency experts like BuDS and leading companies to share best practices and improve the employment and experience of neurodiverse people.

Neurodivergency is a term used to describe a range of neurological conditions including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia and Tourettes.

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Disabled Young People’s Transition From Education To Work: The Employment Workstream of the SEND Transitions Service

February 22, 2023March 9, 2023 Ben Clark

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work. This page explains the Employment workstream, which is within the BuDS Reach4Work project.