Signposting - Your rights & legal matters - Your rights - Disabled Children: a Legal Handbook

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Disabled Children: a Legal Handbook

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In 2016, the Council for Disabled Children, (CDC), first published Disabled children: a legal handbook - an authoritative guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The authors navigate the sources of law, explaining the difference between what public bodies must do to support disabled children and that which they may do. The 3rd edition of the handbook (Feb 2021) is now available.


The handbook aims to empower disabled children and their families through a greater understanding of their rights and entitlements. It is essential reading for the families of disabled children, commissioners, education, social and health care professionals, students and academics.

Each chapter has been adapted into a PDF which can be downloaded free of charge from clicking on the links at the bottom of this page of the [CDC website]. You will also find a link in the article to download the handbook from the Kindle store.

The handbook is also available to purchase in hard copy by [clicking here].