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Your rights for you and your family

It is important that your child or young person with special needs feels safe. They should also feel happy and respected by others. No matter whether they are at school, at work, or seeing a health professional.

The Equality Act can protect them from discrimination. Find out more about the Equality Act.

In this section

  • For parents, carers and guardians

    Learn what rights you have as a parent or guardian of a child or young person with special educational needs and or disabilities, and who to talk to.

  • Health rights

    Find out what your health rights are if you have a child or a young person with special educational needs.

  • Jobs and the workplace

    It's against the law for employers to discriminate against someone because of their disability when at work. Find out more about your employment rights.

  • Education rights

    See what your rights are for your child or young person in education with special educational needs.

  • SEND strategies and policies

    Find out how we manage and improve special education and disabilities for children and young people.

Children and young people's views

With the help from SNAAP Your Voice Matters group, we asked you:

  • what rights meant to you
  • if you understood these
  • if you thought you were treated fairly.

Watch our video to learn why rights matter.

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Rights for SEND young people video transcript