Children with Disabilities

This page has lots of information and further reading around the theme of children with disabilities. You can use this page to come up with ways to take action.

What are the issues for Children with Disabilities?

You can download the NICCY policy briefing on Children with Disabilities here, and you can also download this is MS Word format here
You can download the NICCY campaign briefing on Children with Disabilities here, and you can also download this is MS Word format here
To download the workshop on Children with Disabilities click here.
To find out how to use the Make It Right Campaign as an action project for the GCSE in Learning for Life and Work click here.

For further information on Children with Disabilities see further reading section below.

Tell us what you think

You can use the online postcard here to tell us what you think Government should to to make it right.

Make it Right !

Once you have learned all about Children with Disabilities, we want you to take action. There are a number of ways you can do this:

Inform / educate others:

Raise public awareness of issue (e.g. by making a video or writing to your local paper)
Educate a specific group (e.g. do an awareness raising session in your local youth club or deliver the NICCY workshop)
Try to get others involved in campaigning on the issue

Influence change:

Affect legislation (e.g. send a petition to the government or letter to your local MLA)
Influence public opinion (e.g. publish an article in your local newspaper about play)

Create something:

Write a story or game about the difficulties children and young people with disabilities face in Northern Ireland
Create a piece of art or drama about education for children and young people with disabilities

Community Involvement:

Help others (e.g. volunteer as a befriender working with children who have disabilities)
Address a need (e.g. raise money for an organisation that works with chidlren with disabilities)

You could do something completely different. There are many ways to help young people around the theme of disability and many organisations who can help you

Tell us about it

It’s really important that whatever you decide to do, tell us so we can use the information to influence government and make change. You can feedback to us in the following ways:

You can use the online postcard here to tell us what you think Government should do to make it right
You can use these forms (group feedback, individual feedback) to feedback on any action that you have taken
E-mail us copies of your documents or resources you have created to uncrc@niccy.org.
You can post it to us at:

Make it Right Campaign
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Millennium House
17-25 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7BA

Please Note - information we receive may be used on the NICCY website and in NICCY publications. Please ensure you have the appropriate consent from parents/carers and young people to send us the information.

Workshop links

To do a workshop on children with disabilities click here.

Organisations that can help

Further Reading

NICCY: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People