It has been a long time coming. But there can be little doubt thatdisabled children and the services they need are at last becoming apolitical priority.
Last Thursday, Treasury secretary Ed Balls received a report,commissioned by the Treasury to feed into the chancellor's ComprehensiveSpending Review next year, on services for disabled children.
As he did, families and campaigners saw issues they have known about foryears - from the poverty and exclusion that face disabled children, tothe stress caused by the lack of short breaks for carers - finally beginto get the attention they deserve.
Launching the report, Tom Clarke MP quoted one parent who told him: "Youhave to be at breaking point for help. My child is severely disabled'she meets all the criteria, yet I had to have a breakdown to get help.My children were nearly put into care, yet three hours' help a weekprevented this."
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