Initial findings of a project carried out by the Council for DisabledChildren have found that many disabled children are unable to accessextended services.
Helen Wheatley, principal officer at the Council for Disabled Children,who led the project, told Children Now one of the main barriers toinclusion is schools' assumption of what disabled children need toaccess extended services.
"Disabled children may need support to access extended services, but itis unlikely to be of the same intensity as they need to access thecurriculum," she said. "There is a false assumption that children with adisability who need one-to-one support in school will need the samelevel of support to access extended services. It is not the case, as theservices are much less formal."
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