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National Charity Contact a Family have launched a competition for parents and carers.
The aim is to highlight the issues faced by parents in raising a disabled child and the theme for the competition is ‘Me and my Disabled Child’.  Parents are asked to submit a short video about the joys and challenges of […]

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Exciting news! The New Parents & Carers website is almost ready to launch.
The site promises useful tools such as events and news pages, along with a forum for Parents & Carers to share information and support.
With no National website of this kind for the thousands of hard working […]

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Parents and Carers wanting to take their children out to the ‘Great Outdoors’ but worried about access issues can now access a fantastic new guide to the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. Written by the national park authority, with assistance from their disabled access group it promises to be a useful tool for […]

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There has been a real upsurge lately in disabled dolls. There are now dolls that have features of Downs Syndrome, dolls in wheelchairs, blind dolls and even dolls with prosthetic limbs.
Opinion appears to be largely divided about the usefulness of these dolls, and about whether children appreciate or need toys that reflect their […]

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Last year Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) asked their young supporters what they would change if they were Prime Minister for the day. Top of their list was “having more fun things to do and places to go”.

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