Hello. My name’s Vicky, I’m a journalist with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Bureau Local team in the UK.
This year we published an investigation that revealed how long disabled children and adults across the country wait to have their homes adapted and the impact this has on their dignity, health and wellbeing.
We are now researching how parents seeking home adaptations and/or social care support, for either themselves or their children, end up having their children becoming looked after by the local authority, or being in fear of their children being taken away from them.
If you know any parents, disabled or non-disabled, who have either been close to their child(ren) becoming looked after, or whose child(ren) have become looked after because of these circumstances, I would be grateful to hear their story. You might have been the child in this situation or a foster carer, in which case I would love to hear from you too. They/you must be based in the UK. Your story will not be published at this stage or without your permission.
I hope this follow-up story will highlight an important, complicated, and heartbreaking matter that we want to report on.
Contact me initially by email at vickygayle@tbij.com or via a direct message on Facebook or Twitter https://twitter.com/vi_gayle.
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