Our new report This is my life: Hear me, help me reveals that inadequate support services for disabled young people across England are denying them the right to a happy and fulfilling life and threatening the future they deserve.
The report findings come from the first survey conducted by the DCP that heard directly from disabled young people aged 11-25.
The results paint a concerning picture, showing that only one in five (20%) feels that they have the right amount of formal support to achieve the things that they want in life. Satisfaction with levels of support appears to decline as children get older with only 17% of 19-25 year olds happy with support levels, compared to 29% in 11-15 year olds.
When it comes to having their voices heard, just one in five (20%) disabled young people feel that their views and opinions are taken into account by health and social care workers and a further 90% feel their parents are not getting the right amount of support from the social care system – with only one in ten claiming to be satisfied with the assistance they receive.
- Support services across England are failing disabled young people with only one in five (20%) saying that they have the right amount of formal support to achieve the things that they want in life.
- Only one in five (20%) disabled young people believe that their views and opinions are listened to by health and social care staff.
- Six in ten (60%) disabled young people say they are not getting the right support from their school or college.
- Disabled Children’s Partnership’s manifesto calls on the next government to make disabled children’s lives a priority.
Read the full report here.
Read the Easy Read report here.