At a fringe meeting at the Local Government Association's National Children and Adult Services Conference 2009, Action for Children said that its greatest concern for disabled children's services remained the low numbers of children with the most complex needs that are benefiting from the Aiming High for Disabled Children strategy.
Jane Williams, Aiming High department manager for the charity, said: "We are underestimating the needs of children with multiple and complex disabilities and there is a lack of understanding about how much has to be put in place for those children."
She said in order to provide a wide range of services, commissioners have to open up to a larger group of small and large providers and make the commissioning process simpler.
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