ABSTRACT
As the 1990s closed there was some evidence that at the level of public policy the rights of disabled children were beginning to be acknowledged. Such an acknowledgement, however, still means that progress in realising their rights lags some ten years behind non-disabled children. Questions about the extent to which the rhetoric of public policy documents, and the fine words of inquiry reports, are translated into everyday practice, remain unanswered. There is undoubtedly a strong case to suggest that securing the rights of disabled children would bring home rights for all children.
