Watch dad Paul Phipps explain the petition he has started after he was fined for taking his autistic son Jack and his sister Poppy on a term-time holiday - despite Jack needing to travel at quieter periods during the year.
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00:00We're hoping the government will turn around and say that children with SEND needs can
00:13have one holiday a year, up to say 10, maybe 11 days, where they can go away, they can
00:21enjoy themselves, they can be at peace while they're on holiday, and so can the family
00:26not knowing that, or knowing that they haven't got to worry about how their child is going
00:31to react and act on holiday. So that's one thing really, and the other thing is to make
00:38everyone aware, or try and make the country aware, of the children with SEND do have issues
00:48regulating things, and it's not just black and white, there's a lot more to it, and being
00:54a parent with a child that's disabled, obviously we understand that a lot more than someone
01:00that doesn't have a disabled child.