About us

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) is a semi-independent council of NCB and has a small staff team reporting to its Director.

The CDC Council is made up of a wide range of professional, voluntary and statutory organisations, including parent representatives, disabled young people and representatives of disabled people. CDC’s broad based membership and extensive network of contacts provides a unique overview of current issues. It also helps us promote collaborative and partnership working among organisations.

CDC's Visions and Values

CDC believes that:

• Disabled children and young people should enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other children
  
• All disabled children and young people communicate and have a right to have their views heard
  
• The views of disabled children, young people and their families are vital to the development of an inclusive society
  
• All disabled children and young people should be fully included in every aspect of society
  
• Disabled children and young people are entitled to support to enable them to take up active and valued roles as they move to adulthood
  
  

To achieve this, CDC will:

• Influence mainstream and specialist policies and practices to ensure that the rights and needs of disabled children are recognised and understood
  
• Work to improve the life chances of disabled children, young people and their families
  
• Work in partnership with children, their families and a range of agencies
  
• Actively challenge discriminatory attitudes, behaviour and practice
  
• Promote inclusive practice in all aspects of our work recognising that this may mean different things to different children
  
• Promote the social model of disability
  
• Seek and promote the views of disabled children and young people on the issues that most concern them
  
• Positively promote disabled children, young people and their families as valued and equal members of society