Every Disabled Child Matters
09 October 2006
Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) is a new campaign for all disabled children and their families to have the right to the services and support they need to live ordinary lives.
The campaign is led by four leading organisations working with disabled children and their families – Contact a Family, Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and the Special Educational Consortium. They want to challenge politicians and policy-makers to make good on the Government’s commitment that every child matters.
Every Disabled Child Matters wants…
- Families with disabled children to have ordinary lives
- Disabled children to matter as much as all other children
- Disabled children and their families to be fully included in society
- All disabled children and their families to get the right services and support – no matter where they live
- Poverty amongst disabled children and their families to be cut by 50% by 2010 and eliminated by 2020
- An education system that meets the needs of each child and enables them to reach their full potential
- Disabled children and their families to shape the way that services are planned, commissioned and delivered
You can sign up to support the campaign at www.edcm.org.uk
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