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In Illinois, a struggle to find care for children with disabilities [1]

A recent study backs up what many parents of children with disabilities already know: It's tough to find quality child care for kids with special needs.
Author: 
Gaines, Lee
Source: 
Wbur
Format: 
Article
Publication Date: 
9 Sep 2018
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A recent study [see link at the bottom of this page] backs up what many parents of children with disabilities already know: It's tough to find quality child care for kids with special needs.


The Illinois Newsroom's Lee Gaines (@LeeVGaines) visited two families to hear about their struggles to find child care.


This segment aired on September 10, 2018.

Related link: 
Factors that support and hinder including infants with disabilities in child care [3]
Region: 
Canada [4]

Source URL (modified on 27 Jan 2022):https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/09/illinois-struggle-find-care-children-disabilities

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[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/09/illinois-struggle-find-care-children-disabilities [2] https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/09/10/children-disabilities-care-struggle [3] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/18/07/factors-support-and-hinder-including-infants-disabilities-c [4] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7864