SPECIAL NEEDS provision in Cumbria is the focus of an ongoing battle between parents and authorities, a registered charity has now joined the fight. Bee Unique, a west Cumbrian charity which seeks to support families of children with autism, has quizzed Cumbrian MPs in a letter on how they are hoping to improve the gap in provision. In the letter, a spokesperson for the charity said: “As our area representatives in Parliament, what is being done to correct the current crisis within our education system for those vulnerable individuals with Special Educational Needs, as well as safeguarding our education system to deal with an ever increasing number of young and vulnerable people being diagnosed with Autism?”