Disabled Children The Council for Disabled Children promotes collaborative work between different organisations providing services and support for children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs.
Children are a precious resource.
Those with disabilities, together with their families, face many more obstacles than ordinary families. Sadly, the numbers of children with complex disabilities and serious medical conditions are not decreasing. They and their families need a great deal of support and there is much still to be done in providing positive choices in specific areas. The Council for Disabled Children works with policy makers, professionals, carers, children and young people themselves to ensure that their voices are heard and that action is taken. Formerly the Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children, the Council was established in 1974 as an independently elected, multidisciplinary consortium operating under the aegis of the National Children's Bureau.