The Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents 2009, funded by the Department for Education, found that although children with an illness or disability which affected their daily lives were as likely as other children to use childcare, it "masked the fact that substantial proportions of parents with disabled children feel that local childcare provision does not adequately cater to their particular needs – those specific to their child’s illness/disability, at the hours they required or at a distance that it was suitable to travel".
It added: "Moreover, where parents were using formal childcare for their disabled child, one-third thought that the staff were not properly trained to deal with the child’s condition. This suggests that, currently, when parents do find provision it does not always meet their needs.
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