• Project Dates: From July 2008 to May 2011
• Project Leader: Professor Dan Goodley, Dr Janice McLaughlin
• Staff: Dr Katherine Runswick Cole
• Sponsors: Economic and Social Research Council
• Partners: Manchester Metropolitan University

How have disabled children, between the ages of 4 and 16 years old and their families, faired under the Blair government?

This ESRC project examined the lives of disabled children in contemporary Britain. The team explored the extent to which, over the last 10 years, policies, legislation and practices have tackled matters of exclusion and regeneration for disabled children.

The team engaged with parents, children and professionals to help explore:

• the impact of the Every Child Matters agenda
• the adequacy of existing theories about disabled children, parents and professionals
• how the concepts of 'good parent', 'enabling professional' and 'disabled children' are promoted
• the ways in which forms of 'enabling healthcare', 'inclusive education' and 'accessible leisure' can work together

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