For children, it is especially difficult identifying the impairment and the long term effects. The DDA places special pressures on needing to demonstrate their disability to prove it fits under the medical requirements, or else their case will be dismissed entirely. Taking a case to court is dependent on the understanding of the parent/child of their rights according to the DDA. 

Categorization as "Disabled"

SEN services are already considered adjustments for the care of children, so the case of change (case of the child) must be considered an exception to the already provided services. 

Exceptions to Reasonable Adjustments

1. The categorization of a person as disabled
2. Exceptions to reasonable adjustments

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The anti-discrimination/civil rights approach focused on the legal framework and shifts focus away from the professional and bureaucratic dominion of law and towards legislation focused on upholding rights. Though, there still appears to be setbacks concerning case law's considerations of disability distinction.

Anti-Discrimination/Civil Rights Approach

Tisdall, E. K., &amp; Riddell, S. (2006). Policies on special needs education: Competing strategies and discourses. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 21(4), 363–379. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856250600956154 

Policies on special needs education: Competing strategies and discourses.

This civil rights legislation banned the discrimination of people with disabilities in different sects, though there was no direct coverage of education. 

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