What we want to achieve

Aimed at the children's book world In The Picture wants disabled children to be able to find themselves represented in early years' books.

Disabled children often find themselves isolated from wider society as a result of their impairment. The project aims to overcome this isolation by putting disabled children "in the picture" in two important ways:

• Picture books, to ensure disabled children are more visible in mainstream literature.

• Improved communication, to give children the means to understand their condition and experiences.

Picture Books

We work with illustrators, writers and publishers to ensure that young disabled children become more visible in children's literature. We want to see images of disabled children being good, naughty, happy, sad, right and wrong - everything that children can be.

We work with disabled people, families, other organisations and the book world to develop and promote good practice. Some of this is enshrined in animated and illustrated stories and in the image bank area, all designed to inspire and encourage other illustrators and publishers.

Improved Communication

In The Picture also examines how organisations deliver information to disabled children and their families and has published a research report "Sharing information with disabled children in the early years" which can be downloaded here.

Training and workshops around the country have emerged from this work. Click here to find out more.

The ten guiding principles of In The Picture are rooted in the social model of disability and underpin the project.

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