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Family Fund releases a report on sleep deprivation in families who have SEN children

June 28th, 2014   1871


The Family Fund released a report outlining their findings around sleep deprivation in families who have a child with a disability.

www.downs-syndrome.org have prepared a helpful summary you can download from here;

http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/images/stories/DSA-documents/news/Tired_all_the_time_summary.pdf

93% of parents have had to stay up all night with their child.

49% of parents have health issues linked to sleep deprivation.