This lack of a UK-wide strategy is not unique to disabled children and their parents. Just last week, child poverty campaigners complained that Government initiatives to alleviate poverty depend "on where you live and what postcode you are in," (Analysis, Children Now, 16-22 June).
Of the 10 million disabled people in Britain, 320,000 are children under 16. These children's parents spend three times as much bringing up their disabled child than raising a non-disabled sibling. Consequently, around 55 per cent of these families live in, or near, poverty.
Disabled children and their families face a variety of challenges that have to be addressed by health, housing, social care and education professionals.
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