80 percent of parents who have a child with a fight for the learning disability shows the support services during the summer holidays for a...
Almost half of the parents surveyed said they have difficulties of children in the summer months, access to care, with 56% short breaks and respite care and the 7% struggling to access preschool children with special educational needs and disabilities and their families lack culmination access to secure, at home visit for educational service.
Lack of access to childcare concerns most parents of a child with a learning disability with 93 percent of parents of caregivers say find childcare for disabled children more difficult than for children not disabled [1].
Currently disadvantaged children of parents of 2 to 3 and 4 years are entitled for 15 hours free childcare per week. [2] However, say only 40 percent of parents of children with learning difficulties, their child is capable of the full [3] access quantity. In addition, only 21 percent of the local authorities are reported for children with disabilities adequately guard services with. [4]
Mencap, the government and local authorities asked on the spot to put a more flexible childcare and short for families of children with learning difficulties breaking approach.
Sharon Preece whose 8 - year old son Sam has complex needs, including learning disabilities, said:
"We found that there was a serious decline, which like the stands for families our in the summer holidays available. Not only services have been cut, remain elevated costs. Sam Pass Schedule has of free of cost of £ 70 per week in this year on. I had to stop working to take care of Sam, so the cost of the activity has a real impact on what we can afford to do.
"It is also difficult if a problem because the local services arises so stretched. Everyone goes on vacation and is far to the left in your account. I am worried about what will happen this summer. Sam is much quieter when we keep you busy and to keep in a structured environment, so that the lack of services has a direct impact on him.
"We were in certain activities in the past, we could never pay, if they are not subsidized. But if all you're going to stop, then we are that the quality of the time losing that other families is self-evident."
January Tregelles, General Manager of Mencap, said:
"For many parents of children with learning difficulties, it means nonstop attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. After your child to take care of the complex through the integration of active lifestyle and other requirements requirements can push many families have a breakpoint.
to achieve "child care and to have related to your search, but may be a lifeline for many families. due to lack of sufficient supply of local authorities and inflexible supply of services are available, we see a lot of families do not have access services and be left alone in their struggles often can.
"It is unacceptable that, despite the commitments, again, the local authorities are still not doing enough to help families who are pushed in moments of crisis. This has to change. We need to invest in these vital services and the to ensure equal access to them for children with learning difficulties, since the difference between the families may be reaching the breaking point or not. "
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