According to the research, ‘Does Every Child Matter, post Blair? The interconnections of disabled childhoods’, which is based on interviews with disabled children, their families and observations in nurseries and schools, disabled children continue to experience discrimination, exclusion and even violence.
The biggest barrier they face is widespread forms of institutional discrimination often from educational and care professionals who perceive them as ‘lacking’ and failing to fit in with the image of ‘normal.’
The report reveals that families who do not match the ‘norm’ are frequently excluded from friendships and education, and that bullying is often accepted as inevitable when disabled children are perceived as vulnerable.
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