Protecting disabled children : what the latest research tells us

Stalker, Kirsten and Taylor, Julie and Fry, Debi and Jones, Chris and Cameron, Audrey and Stewart, Alasdair and Franklin, Anita (2015) Protecting disabled children : what the latest research tells us. Community Care. ISSN 0307-5508 (http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2015/08/14/protecti...)

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Abstract

A recent study of child protection practice in Scotland suggests that disabled children fare less well in child protection services than their non-disabled peers. A group of academics highlight the lessons for social workers from the latest studies of safeguarding disabled children.