Table 2

Sources of information used to compile the list of young disabled people

Sheffield
School leavers’ assessment team (Social Services)
Special school for the physically disabled
Disablement Services Centre
Disability support team
Two young disabled teams
Community paediatric physiotherapy team
Wheelchair clinic
Rotherham
Paediatric Assessment Unit
Adult disability team
Child disability team
Monitor and developer of services for people with disabilities
Two special schools
Chesterfield
Child Development Centre2-150
Community physiotherapy service
Consultant rheumatologist
Wheelchair service
Regional branches of voluntary organisations2-150
Cerebral Palsy Association (affiliated to SCOPE)
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
  • ↵2-150 These groups obtained permission from each member before disclosing their names to the researchers.