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In December last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier David Eby announced new funding for child care in the province. The announcement is welcome news for many parents. However, children with disabilities are at risk of being left out.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Alison Gerlach and Janet Newbury from the University of Victoria highlight ways to make child care more equitable and inclusive for all children. Parents of children with disabilities understand the challenges their children face, but the task of overcoming them should not be theirs alone. Child-care centres should have better adult-child ratios to ensure children get the care they need and curricula should be designed to cater to the needs of all children.
"This is all possible," Gerlach and Newbury write. "We can all recognize that advocating for equitable child care is something that will make a real difference in our communities."
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Policymakers need to better consider the needs of all children to ensure that children with disabilities are not left out.
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Alison Gerlach, University of Victoria; Janet Newbury, University of Victoria
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