As it is stated in our Child Protection section we all have a moral and legal responsibility for the safety and protection of sick and healthy children, young people and people with a disability, within football. Therefore under our coaches’ code of conduct we as coaches have to maintain our awareness of child protection concerns. The guidelines are no different when dealing with different groups of players.

The Vulnerability to abuse exists everywhere for everyone

Mistakenly, and for too many years, children and young people with disabilities were not considered to be vulnerable to abuse. While recognising the vast differences in Disabilities and the differences of vulnerability to abuse it is useful to understand the guidelines that we need to be aware of. Resent high profile cases show that these players with disabilities have a much increased risk than previously considered. There are a number of reasons for this:

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