1. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
2. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006
3. Department of Health Getting the right start: National Service Framework for children https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/199953/Getting_the_right_start_National_Service_Framework_for_Children_Standard_for_Hospital_Services.pdf
4. Care Quality Commission Health care for disabled children and young people http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/health_care_for_disabled_children.pdf
5. Patterns of admission for children with special needs to the paediatric assessment unit;Mahon;Archives of Disease in Childhood,2004