I was an assistant on the school buses for the special needs.  A 100 miles away from home stands out!  The family should look into the policies and such as to just how far a school bus will travel a student.  How long will the son be on the bus?  There are policies and such that a student should not be on a bus more than an hour.  And if the student is in a position "severe medical" than a nurse should be with the student.  A lot of things to consider before the gov't can implement what they are up to!  The family will need to look into these issues.  We came together, bus driver and school nurses and such.  they will do this too, and maybe things will iron out in the families favor.  Also there are angles to get around.  Like, the gov't, us, pays for the special needs up to age 21, and then after that, the student must be off the bus.  But the parents can suggest that they do the driving and they get paid for the gas, that is always another angle.  So, My suggestion is to have the family speak with the "driver" and not the others and the driver can give the family ideas of how to dodge the issue and maybe get it their way.

He appeared to have been doing quite well with his education beforehand. I can't imagine what business a hospital has in determining degree of education for a disabled adult!

To my mind, this is part of the ridiculousness of the UK socialist welfare system. Everyone I know from there says the same thing; they get their talons in and squeeze the life right out of you. They'll take away your children for the most ludicrous of reasons and there's no way to stop them. Because in the UK, your children belong to the state.

Same thing in the US.