MRC Webinar - Disability, disparity and demand: understanding and improving the experiences of children in care and care leavers with a disability

In this webinar, Dr. Claire Baker and Susan Lake will look at what we do (and importantly do not) know about the numbers and experiences of children in care and care leavers with a disability - a group whose experiences and voice can be missing in research and data.

Drawing on Coram Voice’s research, which brings together results from a freedom of information request to local authorities, learning from the Bright Spot Programme and workshops conducted with young people and leaving care professionals, the session will look at the challenges these children can face growing up in the care system.

In doing so they will address gaps in disability support, including disparities in how disabilities are recorded and understood by professionals versus young people themselves. Together they will reflect on the report recommendations for how improved data collection and increased focused on inclusivity in our services can better address the needs of these young people.