Concerns that a modern society in the 21st century still cannot deliver such services propelled Scope last month to launch it's Time to Get Equal campaign.
This campaign, as well as inviting people to sign a pledge demanding an end to inequality for disabled people, will focus on the key areas of concern for disabled people. Prominent among these key areas are services for disabled children.
We agree with the Strategy Unit's report that disabled children should receive the same services as non-disabled children, and the full enactment of the 1989 Children's Act, both in letter and in spirit, will go a considerable way to making this a reality. But if such Government policy commitments come without the necessary additional resources and the right level of resources, as anyone will tell you on the ground, joined up or not, services cannot deliver.
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