Contact a Family needs parents, carers and family members to tell us about situations where they believe their child was denied their Human Rights. These include: Read More...

What’s the shape of your family? Mum plus four kids. Dad plus only child. Grandparents and their grandchildren, for whom they care. Mum, Dad, Auntie and her daughter. Read More...

The government is consulting on draft regulations and guidance to require local authorities in England to provide services to help parents of disabled children take short breaks. Read More...

Whizz-Kidz, the national charity for wheelchair children, is launching a consultation of disabled children across England by targeting over 20,000 state-run primary, secondary and special educational needs schools. The survey was conceived and created by the Kidz Board themselves, all aged between 13 and 19 and actively involved in advising on key issues. Read More...

The Family Fund is a charity that helps families with severely disabled children to have choices and the opportunity to enjoy ordinary life. They are considering whether it would be feasible to set up a new banking facility that would provide financial products and services designed specifically to meet the needs of families with disabled children. Read More...

New campaign coalition group ‘for Scotland’s Disabled Children’ (fSDC), wants to know about your experiences of The Additional Support Need (ASN) legislation and how it is working for you. Read More...

The Department for Children, Schools and Families have commissioned a new research project called ‘Relationships Matter’. The research is being conducted by a team based at Newcastle University and the Family and Parenting Institute. Read More...

The government have are currently running a consultation on giving children and young people a right to appeal decisions on exclusions, SEN statements and assessments, and to make disability discrimination claims in England. Read More...

The Medical Research Council, in collaboration with The Genetic Interest Group, is carrying out research to develop new ways of measuring how people with genetic diseases or conditions might benefit from seeing a geneticist/genetic counsellor or attending a genetics clinic (a place where people can be tested, diagnosed and counselling can be offered to help cope with the affects of a diagnosis). Read More...

Families with disabled children are being invited to give their views on special educational needs (SEN) at a series of consultation events organised by the Department for Children, School and Families (DCSF). Read More...