Contact, the disabled children’s organisation, has produced a useful short guide to the process when a disabled child receiving social care support in England moves into adult services when they turn 18. See below for details:
What *should* happen during the transition period?
Here are the basics — but our website has more information and advice on your family’s rights, legal changes, pay structures and responsibility over decisions:
We also have a template letter you can use to ask for your child’s assessment 
contact.org.uk/transition-letter
contact.org.uk/transition-letter