'Please don't judge us' - mum speaks out on challenges of looking after a child with special needs during lockdown

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Middleton - has gone ‘above and beyond’ for them during the pandemic, and cannot praise it highly enough. But at present it is only able to offer Sam a place on Thursdays and Fridays.“Because special needs schools already have a high level of staff it only needs a couple of staff to be off and the whole school can’t open,” says Tina.It means that, at times, parents have no choice but to take their child with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) out with them on trips to the supermarket and other essential errands.And, as people assume they should be in school, this has led to criticism and unkind comments from some members of the public.Tina says things are not as straight-forward as they appear.“It’s not necessarily about me,.