A family from Watford will appear on BBC 1 show Panorama this evening.

Claire Bennett will feature in Fighting for My Child which will explore a campaign that will plug a £1.5b funding gap in disabled children’s services.

Ms Bennett has a three-year-old son, Amari, who has damage to his brain and suffers from severe visual impairment. At the moment, the boy is undiagnosed and Ms Bennett hopes that by supporting the campaign, it will give her son the best possible chance of support.

The campaign is being led by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP), a coalition of more than 60 charities and organisations campaigning for improved health and social care.

Ms Bennett said: “We are doing everything we can to give Amari the best life possible. But we feel like we are on our own, surviving with no support. We are not asking for much, just a little bit of help.

“That’s why we are supporting the Disabled Children’s Partnership campaign calling for more government money to be allocated to disabled children’s services.”

Economic research by the DCP has shown a funding gap for services needed by UK disabled children of more than a billion pounds. DCP’s research carried out by Development Economics, found that there is a £1.1 billion shortfall in funding for health services for disabled children and £433 million extra needed for social care.

Una Summerson, head of campaigns at Contact and member of the Disabled Children’s Partnership, says: “There are over one million disabled children in the UK, 33 per cent more than a decade ago. Our research shows there is a funding gap in disabled children’s services.

“Tonight’s Panorama will highlight the consequences of this – families at their wits end having to go to court to fight for vital support and dealing with a system with limited and dwindling resources.”

Panorama: Fighting for My Child will be broadcast tonight (Monday) on BBC 1 at 8.30pm.