This month our Family Finance Team ran another busy Q&A session about how to claim the higher rate mobility (HRM) component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children with autism spectrum conditions or learning...
BBC News have exclusively revealed our new findings that show nine out of 10 families have been unable to find a suitable holiday club or activity for their disabled child...
We know that schools can provide routine and structure for many children with additional needs. When this routine stops, for example in the school holidays, some children can find the...
Contact is deeply concerned that families asked to claim Universal Credit under managed migration will be left much worse off if they have a disabled child who is “looked after”...
The Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP), chaired by Contact CEO Anna Bird, is proud to launch its Manifesto 2024. A Manifesto for Disabled Children and their families sets out what the...
Families asked to claim Universal Credit under managed migration will be left much worse off if they have a disabled child who is “looked after” by their local authority in a residential...
New figures from the government show that the number of children in England with an Education, Health and Care plan being educated at home has risen by 34% in the...
The lack of accountability is now a common phase in the battle to fix the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system in England (and no doubt elsewhere in the UK)....
Last week saw three Westminster Hall Debates on special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision in England. The first two debates, led by Sarah Dyke and Alistair Strathern, focused on...
The Covid Inquiry will be looking into the impact of the pandemic and the Government’s Covid response on children and young people in its next phase. As part of this,...
Two new reports from the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) call on the government to put disabled children at the heart of decision-making – and focus on Black and Asian ethnic...
The government has opened a major consultation on the future of the NHS, inviting everyone to suggest ways to improve our health service. Launching the “national conversation”, Prime Minister Keir...
We are running two focus groups in November to hear parent carers views on the Law Commission’s proposals for reforming the law governing disabled children’s social care in England. The focus...
A cross-party group of MPs called the Education Select Committee is undertaking an inquiry on finding short and longer term solutions to the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision...
Last October the government announced an independent review into the overpayment of Carer’s Allowance related to earnings. Contact’s Counting the Costs 2024 research found those of you getting Carer’s Allowance,...
Today the Public Accounts Committee has published its report into the SEND emergency together with recommendations for addressing it. Angie Fenn, Contact’s Head of Information and Advice, said: “Today’s report...
Contact Changemaker, Becci Tobin and her son Keir appeared on Channel 4 News talking about lack of social care support for children with some of the most complex needs. Keir...
Laura and Aiden’s family Disability benefit changes, squeezed education, health and social care support for children with additional needs. Add to this a liberal sprinkling of parent blame, and it’s...