A group of young people are set to meet junior apprenticeships minister Lord Young on 12 October to tell him that all young people should be eligible for apprenticeships, whether or not they have other qualifications.
They will warn him that excluding disabled young people from mainstream apprenticeships will increase the numbers not in employment, education or training.
Tara Flood, director of the Alliance for Inclusive Education, said young people should be able to demonstrate their ability to do an apprenticeship through activities such as volunteering, not only through GCSEs. "We want Lord Young to recognise the value of disabled young people being part of the mainstream apprenticeship programme," she said.
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