Childcare providers and duties to disabled children

The Equality Act  2010 covers childcare providers in the same way as other providers of services. They must make reasonable adjustments for disabled children and they are not allowed to discriminate. They are allowed to charge extra if they need to employ extra staff or limit their provision to fewer children, but they are only allowed to charge for the extra costs incurred. Reasonable adjustment can mean that they change their practice to accommodate a disabled child’s needs. It would not be reasonable to expect a childminder to make the degree of alterations to her home that you could expect a Local Authority to make to a school or a nursery.