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The Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children is an independently elected Council, established under the aegis of the National Children's Bureau in 1975. The Council arose from a recommendation in the Eileen Younghusband Working Party's report, Living with Handicap, in 1970. This major report draws attention to the gaps, overlaps and general lack of co-ordination and information about services for handicapped children. It recommended the creation of a genuinely multidisciplinary council to provide a forum for joint discussion and action, to offer a comprehensive advisory and information service covering all aspects of childhood disability. The Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children is unique in providing a comprehensive service for all categories of handicap, and for statutory and voluntary agencies. Parents and professionals can use the Council as a resource centre on an individual basis, although casework cannot be provided. The role of the Council is essentially that of a signpost to existing resources. It is, in effect, an advisory body collecting, evaluating and disseminating information, promoting study and discussion by organizations and individuals and seeking to identify gaps in present services.
残疾儿童志愿委员会是一个经独立选举产生的委员会，于1975年在国家儿童局的支持下成立。该委员会源自1970年艾琳·扬哈斯本德工作小组报告《与残疾共处》中的一项建议。这份重要报告提请人们注意为残疾儿童提供的服务存在的差距、重叠以及普遍缺乏协调和信息的问题。它建议设立一个真正的多学科委员会，为联合讨论和行动提供一个论坛，提供涵盖儿童残疾各个方面的全面咨询和信息服务。残疾儿童志愿委员会的独特之处在于，它为各类残疾以及法定和志愿机构提供全面服务。家长和专业人员可以将该委员会作为个人的资源中心使用，不过无法提供个案工作。委员会的作用本质上是为现有资源提供指引。实际上，它是一个咨询机构，负责收集、评估和传播信息，促进组织和个人进行研究和讨论，并试图找出当前服务中的差距。
