Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3279 Alka nanda 2019-08-20T20:52:05.837 I support this petition
3321 Liz Anderson 2019-08-20T21:18:34.31 Good luck in your fight. I have suffered with Endometriosis for over 20yrs & they palm you off with painkillers. We ...
3319 Maggie Thorburn 2019-08-20T21:27:04.347 Schools require funding to enable children with additional needs to achieve maximum potential and not stagnate in a c...
3146 Lauren walker 2019-08-20T21:33:09.233 Provide protection for small communities
3318 Elizabeth Souter 2019-08-20T22:31:48.027 Teachers need much more training and support in order to deal with all the issues that children with PDA have to deal...
3318 Maria Harkin 2019-08-20T22:36:07.273 This is a much needed service. PDA is still such a new diagnosis that most professionals have never even heard of it....
3318 Elizabeth Souter 2019-08-20T23:08:48.5 PDA continues to be an unknown condition even to those working in the education system. Just a naughty child is usual...
3344 Andrena Blizzard 2019-08-21T04:32:48.527 We have these types of companion dogs in Australia. They do help tremendously..They are known generally as assistance...
3319 Carole Brown 2019-08-21T06:55:14.61 Even with a Coordinated Support Plan, it is difficult to obtain the supports stated in the plan. Appropriate support ...
3318 Fiona Gartland 2019-08-21T07:41:21.557 These children and young adults are being failed by the system and its not fair on them or their families. They deser...
3321 Lesley Macrae 2019-08-21T08:16:47.687 I am 38 years old and have had 2 children my family making is over now. After years of horrendous periods and struggl...
3279 Catherine kelly 2019-08-21T09:28:46.293 I believe that Scotland should support people with additional learning needs
3279 Andrew Findlay 2019-08-21T10:34:34.037 A long overdue move of focus in the way people with learning disabilities are treated by the state.
3321 Elizabeth Atwell 2019-08-21T10:54:08.323 Personally think it should be lowered for any reason, not just medical but medical is definitely a more pressing issue.
3319 Sheila Gray 2019-08-21T11:32:56.11 School children's parents should be made more aware of all the duties ASN people do. Cutting funding for them does no...
3321 Sue Fleming 2019-08-21T11:47:59.567 Our bodies our choice! It is all about £ & litigation. They don't want to give younger women hysterectomies just inca...
3319 Annemarie Osmond 2019-08-21T12:21:47.38 More funding & time to adapt lessons for sen children to go into mainstream schools
3318 Connie paterson 2019-08-21T13:35:39.017 Because family members and others deserve to be helped.
3318 Sheena Crosbie 2019-08-21T14:56:56.743 PDA is a real condition. Show it the respect it deserves and provide support and resources to help.
3318 Gillian Johnston 2019-08-21T16:18:49.65 The lack of understanding around PDA extends well beyond the failings of the Scottish Education system. This conditio...
3319 Miriam McLeod 2019-08-21T16:45:57.483 We have a very patchy experience of ASN provision. Individuals can be excellent but we have been continually 'encoura...
3319 Julia Holland 2019-08-21T16:55:40.437 I have a family member with ASD. They are on the social bit of the austism spectrum (and verbal), and yet the over cr...
3319 Julie Stewart 2019-08-21T17:06:11.713 My family member would have benefited from more help at a mainstream school
3319 Kerryann mooney 2019-08-21T18:09:27.113 A family member has additional needs and attends mainstream primary school , more money to fund additional staff
3321 Deborah Punton 2019-08-21T18:37:11.603 I am 28 year years old and have been told I am unable to have children and have not had a "proper period" since my te...
3321 mary elliott rodden 2019-08-21T18:54:06.843 Please consider as no women should suffer unnecessarily
3319 Elizabeth russell 2019-08-21T19:59:29.523 Letting us all down
3319 Diane johnston 2019-08-21T20:36:36.077 It is an absolute disgrace that the funding for Support assistants in the schools in East Renfrewshire has been cut. ...
3319 Ruth Macleod 2019-08-21T20:47:37.5 Please ensure adequate funding for children and young people with additional and complex health and support needs
3319 Brenda Williams 2019-08-21T21:01:04.627 As a retired Depute Headteacher, I KNOW how important this funding is and the amazing support that was given in the p...
3319 Jayne Scollay 2019-08-21T21:03:02.033 Many children with ASN being failed with poor education and poor support. Our children are our future. Equal opportun...
3319 zoe menelaws 2019-08-21T21:29:41.28 currently working in education with ASL see the effects of children with additional needs in mainstream
3319 Sarah martin 2019-08-21T21:44:48.557 More important than extended nursery hours!
3279 James Mclay 2019-08-21T22:02:42.48 People with Life Long Learning disabilities require their human rights and services to be protected.
3319 Kay Melville 2019-08-21T22:35:43.807 Having taught as a class teacher and also a specialist teacher of ASN children I have to say that much more money for...
3319 Carrie McCoy 2019-08-21T22:55:04.69 \r\nMuch more funding is needed.
3319 Nicola Waddell 2019-08-21T23:33:02.83 GIRFEC is currently not working. Children with and without additional support needs are being failed. This is so far ...
3319 Sheila yarrow 2019-08-22T00:36:04.72 Please fund education better and life choices after school.
3319 Alison Geddes 2019-08-22T07:31:22.937 As a parent and clinician in CAMHS any cuts and changes to the provision for ASN children within schools is very sad ...
3319 Ian Watkins 2019-08-22T07:32:46.733 The funding levels for Special Needs education is almost at critical levels. How can the Scottish Government fund num...
3319 Ann Burnett 2019-08-22T07:35:57.267 I worked in management in a large ASN Service and can say that inclusion can work well but only if properly funded an...
3330 Alison Kinross 2019-08-22T08:50:36.13 I have cleared up rubbish, including human excrement , left by wild campers on Islay and think that the mess left by ...
3319 Sarah Arguile 2019-08-22T09:23:46.387 If a child needs specific help whilst growing up it is everyone's duty to see that they are not let down.
3319 Marie Murphy 2019-08-22T09:29:26.343 There should be more specialised support for teachers eg support from ASN teachers who are receiving less ASN childre...
3279 Linda Jacomb 2019-08-22T14:53:44.723 A family member has struggled with ADHD all of their life. For them this manifests in low self esteem, lack of confi...
3330 Mrs Margaret MacLellan 2019-08-22T15:12:01.287 Areas of rural Scotland have seen a huge increase in visitors and some "wild camping", these areas often have dunes a...
3330 Andrew Samuel 2019-08-22T16:01:16.483 It is not by any means the 'ideal' in and of itself. The legislation needs to be accompanied by a educational drive t...
3319 Patricia Murray 2019-08-22T17:18:04.307 A family member has high functioning ASD. This meant that they really struggled at school but would not have had any ...
3319 Karen Young 2019-08-22T18:03:17.297 All children should be educated and supported. GIRFEC!!! Need I say more.. Get it right for our children early on and...
3319 Martha Simpson 2019-08-22T21:12:00.703 It's very very very very very hard with funding. So without.....