Research by charity Scope found that families with disabled children are twice as likely as those with non-disabled children to have little or no quality time together.
Based on a survey of 1,500 families, the report said this was partly because families with disabled children are often isolated from community life, with 42 per cent claiming they found accessing leisure activities difficult compared to only a fifth of families with non-disabled children.
Sharon Collins, managing director of Scope, said: "It is worrying that so many of the families we interviewed are also being prevented from spending valuable time together by being excluded from the everyday community and leisure activities that constitute regular family life.
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