Following its review of disabled children’s social care law, a Law Commission final report concludes that the area of law has become increasingly complex, inaccessible, outdated, and potentially unfair. It recommends: a simplified and unified legal framework for disabled children’s social care law, sitting within the Children Act 1989; a single, comprehensive piece of statutory guidance on disabled children’s social care law, setting out the rights and responsibilities of disabled children, families, and local authorities; an updated definition of disability; a single duty to meet the social care needs of disabled children, subject to national eligibility criteria; a right to independent advocacy for disabled children; a statutory requirement that planning for disabled children to make the transition to adulthood should start by the age of 14; clarification of the dividing line between health and social care; and a fair, accessible, independent and effective system for resolving disputes about social care for disabled children.

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