CYP Now - Disabled children: The Inclusion Charter

Children Now, working with the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign, has drawn up a charter to make sure that disabled children are not left out of service provision. Joe Lepper finds out how this vision can become reality.

Inclusion is a right

All children have the right to be included in every aspect of society.Disabled children should not have to ask or fight to be included in thethings that other children do. Inclusion is a right in UK law (theDisability Discrimination Acts) and international law (UN Conventions onthe Rights of the Child and the Rights of Persons withDisabilities).

What should happen:

The Commission for Equality and Human Rights, which launches in October,needs to ensure that the legal rights of disabled children are beingenforced and where appropriate initiate court proceedings. Too oftenthis is left up to parents, many of whom do not have the time and energyto start a potentially lengthy legal battle.

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