Schools had duties around disability discrimination and reasonable adjustments.
The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled pupils and students from discrimination and includes duties around reasonable adjustments.
It applies across education settings in important ways.
The idea of reasonable adjustments matters because it moves the question from what is wrong with the child to what barrier the school is maintaining.
Reasonable adjustments are not special treatment. They are part of equal access.
A common mistake is seeing adjustments as optional kindness. They can be legal duties.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.