Children’s Services lost contact with disabled child for more than four years

Children’s Services lost contact with disabled child for more than four years

A Birmingham child with special needs was lost in the system for more than four years, a report by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has found.

Social workers identified the girl, who has complex needs including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyspraxia and communication difficulties, as a disabled child in November 2006 when she was seven-years-old.