Nursery World - Practitioners want more time to talk

More than half of all early years professionals working with disabled children wish they had more time and resources to communicate with them about their disability, according to a report from the charity Scope. The report, Sharing Information with Disabled Children in the Early Years, was compiled from questionnaires and interviews with parents and early years workers as part of Scope's 'In the picture' project, which aims to improve communication about disabilities and encourage children's publishing to represent disabled children.

The report, Sharing Information with Disabled Children in the Early Years, was compiled from questionnaires and interviews with parents and early years workers as part of Scope's 'In the picture' project, which aims to improve communication about disabilities and encourage children's publishing to represent disabled children.

Author Penny Dickinson, Scope's resource and information officer, said, 'We need to develop a more inclusive culture for young children, right from the beginning of their lives. When one child saw an image of a girl using a walking frame she immediately pointed it out and said she'd found someone else "like her". We all need images "like us" to prevent us feeling isolated.'

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