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Does Every Child Matter, Post-Blair? The interconnections of disabled childhoods

  • Start date: 01 September 2008
  • End date: 31 May 2011

How have disabled children, between the ages of 4 and 16 years old and their families, faired under the Blair government?  This project will answer this, and other questions, by exploring the extent to which, over the last 10 years, policies, legislation and practices have tackled matters of exclusion and regeneration for disabled children. We will engage with parents, children and professionals to help us to 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. Our study employs a critical review of policy, interviews with 10 disabled children and 10 parents, focus groups with a mix of professionals and 18 months observation of families as they participate in the arenas of health, education and leisure. Our work is informed by critical disability studies, critical and community psychologies and sociologies of childhood and families. It will be of interest to parent organisations, practitioners, policy makers and organisations of disabled people. This project builds, in part, on a previous ESRC funded project (RES-000-23-0129).

A mug or a teacup?

Author: Linda Derbyshire Date: 27 June 2011 Conference paper/presentation

My story

Author: Hannah Derbyshire Date: 27 June 2011 Conference paper/presentation

Little about me

Author: George Newsome Date: 27 June 2011 Conference paper/presentation

Grant holder

Professor Daniel Goodley

Programme name

None

Co - applicants

Professor Janice McLaughlin

Grant amount

£208,726.48

Grant reference

RES-062-23-1138

Institution

Manchester Metropolitan University

Discipline

No Lead Discipline

Grant type

Research Grant