Catriona Moore
SEND specialist
Catriona has a background in public policy and communications. She has worked on public policy issues for a number of charities and public-sector organisations across health, social care and education, and has served as an elected councillor in a London borough and as governor of a special school. Catriona is a campaigner for the rights of disabled children and their families, and a carer for her teenage daughter, who has Rett syndrome.
“Sex matters because, while gender stereotypes should be challenged and overcome, biology is real and unchanging. Children and young people need to be told the truth about this, and supported to be the person they are in the body they have.
Feminists fought for years to liberate women from the tyranny of restrictive gender stereotypes, and to establish the right to physical spaces that protect our privacy and bodily autonomy.
Privacy and autonomy matter to all of us – but these things are crucial for disabled women who rely on other people to help them with personal care and who are, as a result, extra vulnerable to abuse, particularly if they struggle to communicate. We need to be brave enough – and kind enough – to say this clearly.”