The council will employ a transition development manager to lead on atransition strategy and ensure that young people continue to receiveappropriate services as they move into adulthood.
Cheryl Hopkins, service director for commissioning, co-ordination andtransition at Birmingham City Council, said: "We felt the transitionfrom childhood to adulthood is such an important issue that it merited astand-alone strategy.
"Young disabled people are often used to protective children's services,which are not necessarily available when they turn 18."
Joint planning arrangements should be put in place as early as the ageof 14 for some disabled children, she added.
Steve Broach, campaign manager for Every Disabled Child Matters,welcomed the move. "It's absolutely essential that services targetimprovements to transition planning. Regularly, disabled children don'tget any transition planning and, if they do, it's rarelymulti-agency."
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