Improving the life chances of disabled people report

CSCI's initial response to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit report on creating an "opportunity society" for disabled people

Several Government documents published in the early part of 2005 contribute to the future vision for social care. CSCI will respond to these as part of our comprehensive response to the Green Paper on the future of adult social care by the 28 July deadline.

The report on the Life Chances of Disabled People highlights a number of issues for disabled children and their families. Services for children and families don't fall within the scope of the consultation on the social care Green Paper. So, we have highlighted these issues in an initial response from CSCI to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit.

The response strongly endorses the overall direction outlined in the strategy and particularly the focus on young people in transition to adulthood. However, it suggests that the five outcomes for children are not adequately reflected in the report as being the Government's overarching priorities for children.

The initial CSCI response to this consultation was discussed at the commission meeting on 13 April. You can read it in full below:

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Created: 4/6/2006 Last updated: 7/11/2006