Last week, junior schools minister Sarah McCarthy-Fry announced that delivery agency National Strategies is to work with local authorities to help them comply with special educational needs (SEN) legislation.
But Tara Flood, director of the Alliance for Inclusive Education, accused the Department for Children, Schools and Families of "dragging its feet" on SEN issues.
The government has failed to sign up to Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People, which promotes inclusive education.
Flood said: "The parents and young people we speak to feel very disempowered. If the government was really serious about supporting disabled young people and families it would sign up to Article 24."
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