There were 241,639 pupils (34.2% of all pupils) with an additional support need (ASN) recorded in 2022 (Scottish Government, 2022). Over the past year, Saima and Asma have been leading on research and filmmaking to describe the challenges carers face supporting their ‘children’ who are now becoming adults and have additional support and complex needs. Saima and Asma have drawn on their own living experience and brought together the voices and stories of other mothers and carers they have met also on their journey. They also explore how this subject intersects with their ethnicity and the cultural stigma faced.

With Saima Jabeen, Asma Haq, Dr Briege Nugent and Media Education

The event will include lunch