The childcare charity carried out a survey of more than 100 families ofdisabled children as part of its Listening to Families project.
They found parents wanted to have all the children in their family inthe same setting or close by, but were frustrated by the shortage ofchildcare settings that would take both disabled and non-disabledchildren.
One parent said, 'I wanted my daughter to go to the nursery next to myson's school, but I was told no. So where do I send her then - toanother school half way across the borough?'
Parents reported a lack of specialised childcare, tailored to anindividual family's needs, to be a major issue.
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