Summary
New research from DCP: 'This Is My Life: Hear Me, Help Me' finds that just 1 in 5 disabled young people feel that they have the right amount of formal support to achieve the things that they want in life.
This Is My Life: Hear Me, Help Me: New Disabled Children's Partnership report
We’re proud to be a member of the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP), a coalition of more than 100 organisations that campaigns for better support for disabled children and their families.
Their latest report offers insight into the experiences of disabled young people aged 11-25.
The research conducted found that:
- Support services across England are failing disabled young people with only one in five (20%) saying that they have the right amount of formal support to achieve the things that they want in life.
- Only one in five (20%) disabled young people believe that their views and opinions are listened to by health and social care staff.
- Six in ten (60%) disabled young people say they are not getting the right support from their school or college.
- Disabled Children’s Partnership’s manifesto calls on the next government to make disabled children’s lives a priority.
