About me
My name is Joe
In the past I have been considered as having special
educational needs. I have attended two
special need schools. However, after
leaving school in 2009, I re-joined mainstream education completing a couple of
land based courses gaining a level 3 pass in horticulture. I finished college in 2014 and now work in
ASDA. At the same time I am also doing
an access course with the Open University on Arts and Literature. I have been in the Scouts since the age of
seven. Once I was 18 years old I became
a scout leader. Now I am a young leader
for the cubs and beavers.
About
this blog
Since leaving school in 2009 there has been two General
Elections, and a number of local government elections. I registered to vote when I was 18 and have
voted all elections since then.
Unfortunately, many of my friends have not. I often feel that the reason for this is that
when at SEN school there was very little information given about the political
system and no encouragement or instruction in how to take part in the voting
process. I can’t help but think there was more information provided about
voting in mainstream schools. I am
passionate that everybody, including those with ‘special educational needs’
should claim and make use of their voting rights.
A Couple of nights ago I went to a European referendum debate.
Hearing the debate, it struck me on how important this referendum is and how
its result will deeply effect the lives of young people. I decided to set up a group aimed at
encouraging / educating people with learning difficulties about voting and
encouraging them to vote.
So I am hoping to use this blog to encourage people to vote,
especially people with learning difficulties. By giving non bias
information, about voting and encouraging people to do their own research.
The
politicians may not listen when you do use your vote ….. they definitely won’t
if they can count on your vote not being used.
01/05/2016
Text to speech apps
Text to speech apps
No comments:
Post a Comment