The charity Contact A Family surveyed 1,100 families with disabled children and found that 65 per cent of them felt isolated some or all of the time.
The charity is calling on local authorities to provide sufficient early intervention services through children’s centres, key workers, support groups and short breaks.
More than half of families questioned for the report said that their isolation was due to a lack of support from statutory services such as social services and the education system.
Half of families said that these feelings of isolation were caused by discrimination or stigma that they have experienced.
Fifty-seven per cent said that they were not able to work as much as they wanted to.
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