Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Add disability awareness to the national curriculum

Closed 267 signatures

What the petition asks

All primary and secondary schools in England should be required to teach about the different types of disabilities that people can have, visible and invisible, to foster greater understanding by children.
We need the Government to take action and ensure that disability is better understood. Adding disability awareness to the national curriculum could help tackle the misunderstanding, and even bullying, that many children with disabilities face.

Timeline

25 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
25 May 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 267
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 25 Nov 2021
Closed 25 May 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.