The Needs of Physically Disabled Young People during Transition to Adult Services is a cross-sectional study that examines the needs of and provision for health services and housing adaptations for physically disabled school leavers in Newham and Waltham Forest.

Fourteen young people were assessed by the authors during their last year of school in order to identify their needs in preparation for a transition to adult services. Forty-nine potential referrals to adult services were identified, but seventeen could not be made as such services did not exist within the adult system. The article concludes by recommending a number of changes to the transition system, including improvements in information systems, a revised menu of services and closer involvement of general practitioners.

See Ko B., McEnery G. (2004). The needs of physically disabled young people during transition to adult services. Child: Care, Health and Development, 30 (4), 317-323.