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News: Inclusion for disabled children in activities

29-Jan-10 12:00 AM
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The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes highlights best practice in widening access to positive activities for disabled children Social exclusion is a common experience of disabled children and young people and their families. The right to engage in play and recreation is one that, according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, most defines what childhood is. The Childcare Act 2006 and two government strategies - the Youth Strategy (2007) and Children's Plan (2008) - set out clear frameworks for local authority provision of inclusive opportunities for all children and young people in England to take part in positive activities.