'Disability lanyards are humiliating our children'

PARENTS say their children have been 'humiliated' at school after being told to carry lanyards revealing learning disabilities.

- DECLAN CAREY

Parents say Werneth School in Stockport has told children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to wear or carry sunflower lanyards this week and show them to staff when asked.

Messages from the school, seen by the M.E.N, say the pass can be worn or concealed and that breaching the policy 'based on defiance' may result in disciplinary action. But furious parents have complained it has left their children feeling 'embarrassed' at having to share their disabilities.

The comprehensive school, on Harrytown Road in Romiley, has pupils aged 11 to 16. It is part of the Education Learning Trust (ELT).