In many countries, families, including grandparents and siblings, take care of children with disabilities with very little government-provided support.

In other countries, parents are encouraged by medical professionals to institutionalize children with disabilities due to lack of resources and knowledge about the rights of children with disabilities.

Parents and family members should be informed about how to advocate for other rights. For example, information should be available to parents of children with disabilities about how to enroll their child in an inclusive education program that will provide the child with reasonable accommodations from the day he or she begins school.

Parents must be provided with adequate information to help advocate for their child’s right to education and also be able to access information about government-sponsored rehabilitation programs that their child may be eligible to attend.