Dr Sharon Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- PhD researcher in inclusion
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“My experience as a parent, and also my recent doctoral research, show that EHCPs on their own cannot deliver inclusion. They can secure provision, but they do not secure belonging.”
What Dr Sharon Smith has said
“During my doctoral research, exploring the educational inclusion and exclusion of learners who have Down's syndrome, I got to know seven mothers of children who have Down's syndrome, two of whom were from minoritised communities. Their experiences of the education system starkly illustrated the daily inequities and discrimination faced by people from different cultures and communities, despite having children with the same genetic condition, and similar educational needs.”
Introduction by SNJ's Dr Sharon Smith · Learning disability & autism · 29 Sept 2026 · Book Giveaway! Double Discrimination and why we need to focus on SEND children and young people of colour ↗
Where Dr Sharon Smith has been quoted
- Beyond EHCPs: Why Inclusion Needs More Than a Documentspecialneedsjungle.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Book Giveaway! Double Discrimination and why we need to focus on SEND children and young people of colourspecialneedsjungle.com · 29 Sept 2026
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