How children with learning disabilities are being excluded from summer holiday clubs
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Only 6% of disabled children in England will receive any holiday club support this summer, research shared with ITV News reveals. The findings, from disability charity Sense, show that one in 10 councils commission no holiday clubs for disabled children at all, leaving more than 61,000 children in areas with no provision whatsoever. Parents of disabled children have told ITV News that being left without access has been “gutting” for their children, and has left them financially strained. Zoe Warner has two sons with complex needs who both attend specialist schools during term time but have been left without access to holiday clubs during the summer. “They are very social boys, so they would love to be out accessing holiday clubs, but it’s just not very doable,” she told ITV News. “As a mum, it’s gutting, because you want them to be able to access everything that they should be accessing.” Zoe’s nine-year-old son, Aidan, has complex medical conditions including cerebral palsy and
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