Improving transition for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder & Behavioural, Emotional & Social Difficulties

Learning and Skills Act 2000

“A person has a learning difficulty or disability if:
• he/she has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of his/her age or
• he/she has a disability which prevents or hinders him/her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions providing education or training for a young person of his/her age.” www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000