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It doesn't happen to disabled children: child protection and disabled children; repoprt of the National Working Group on Child Protection and Disability
- Author:
- NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 84p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
All the evidence about disabled children’s experiences suggests that they are more vulnerable to abuse than non-disabled children. For the last twenty years or so, a number of individuals and organisations have struggled to bring this to the attention of government, local authorities and the major children’s organisations. The National Working Group on Child Protection and Disability believes that comprehensive action is required in order to protect disabled children from abuse. The first two recommendations reflect this, calling as they do for a review of the current child protection system and the development of a national strategy for the safeguarding of disabled children. However, within these two main recommendations, smaller steps are identified that would help promote the safeguarding of disabled children even if they were implemented without a major review or national strategy.
Making homes fit for children: working together to promote change in the lives of disabled children
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Bryony, OLDMAN Christine
- Publisher:
- Policy Press,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
In 1998, Homes unfit for children described the extent of unsuitable housing for disabled children and their families and the impact it had on their lives. This follow-up study examines the policy and practice implications of the earlier report. It is based on consultation with professionals working with disabled children and their families, and discussion with parents who had participated in the original study. The report:provides a useful overview of policy and legislation; discusses both families’ and professionals’ views of the problem of unsuitable housing; looks at problems in the current system of service provision, specifically the lack of an holistic, coherent approach; and highlights the practical barriers to more effective services and suggests solutions, giving good practice evidence and recommendations.