Carrie Grant

And after a day and a half, they were like, yeah, okay, we give up.

We concede.

You can just have the school place.

So we lost nearly a year of specialist education and therapies and all the things that they needed to

at their most formative age, when it could have had the most impact.

I, you know, I was on sedatives with my GP.

I was so stressed and anxious and it was COVID.

So their nursery was closed and I was taking send law courses on the internet at night just to try and get through this because I thought they were going to rip me apart.

I thought they must know something I don't.

And of course, it's only later that I find out that parents win or not win because you don't win anything.

You just get what you need.

But parents are successful in almost 99% of tribunals.

And they use it as a delaying tactic.

It's cheaper for them to take me to court than to give my children what they need for that year while you're waiting for the court date.

Yes, kicking the can down the road.

I know people who've been through seven, eight, nine tribunals for their child.

It breaks you.

The Children and Families Act was brought in.

And at that point, it's a fantastic piece of legislation.

It really is in children's best interest and it should work very well.