{"id":18805,"date":"2025-07-22T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/?p=18805"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:44:46","slug":"can-you-help-fight-for-ordina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/news\/can-you-help-fight-for-ordina\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you help Fight for Ordinary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body><p>It shows how the SEND system can be transformed without taking away people&rsquo;s existing legal rights and protections.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It calls on government to prioritise children&rsquo;s futures and commit to a new strategy that guarantees support for every child who needs it. It looks at how we can ensure schools, colleges and nurseries are able to provide the right specialist support, in every part of the country, so all children can feel happy at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full report and recommendations here <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fight-For-Ordinary-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fight-For-Ordinary-report.pdf<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.-Lisas-story-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa says: Every SEN parent should be allowed to dream ordinary dreams. Our kids just need a bit more support to achieve them.\" class=\"wp-image-18809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.-Lisas-story-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.-Lisas-story-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.-Lisas-story-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.-Lisas-story.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.-Lisas-story-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa and her two boys looking into the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-18808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.-Lisas-story-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.-Lisas-story-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.-Lisas-story-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.-Lisas-story.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"here-s-how-you-can-support-the-campaign\"><strong>Here&rsquo;s how you can support the campaign:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the campaign action (link)&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/support.disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk\/en-gb\/fight-ordinary-share-new-campaign-your-mp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fight For Ordinary! Share the new campaign with your MP | Disabled Children&rsquo;s Partnership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Send an an email to your MP&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;Ask them to back our campaign, and let them know what real, positive change for families like yours would look like&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share social posts about campaign with your friends, family and colleagues&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>#FightForOrdinary&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Disabled Children\u2019s Partnership we&#8217;re part of (a coalition of over 130 organisations campaigning for improved health and social care for disabled children, young people and their families) launch a new campaign &#8211; Fight for Ordinary.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_mixd_wp_review_post_reminders":[],"_mixd_wp_review_date":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-18805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can you help Fight for Ordinary? - Family Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today the Disabled Children\u2019s Partnership we&#039;re part of launch a new campaign - Fight for Ordinary. 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