More than a quarter of all parents of children with disabilities say they struggle to find

appropriate child care for their kids.

And even for those who do, many say their kids routinely encounter discrimination,

like being excluded from field trips and some classes.

Judy Woodruff reports for our series, Disability Reframed. In many ways, Kane Harris is a typical young boy.

He loves Curious George and watching videos on his mom's iPad.

So tell me about this young man that we're sitting here talking with.

He's four years old, is that right?

Yes, that's my four-year-old son, came.

And he is a bundle of energy.

Yes, he's very hybrid.

But Jasmine Watkins says when her son was around 18 months old, he began falling behind some of his peers.

I recently, within these last three weeks, have gotten him diagnosed with autism, but

that's like a very new diagnosis prior to that I would say, you know, he has a speech

delay, you know, cognitive delay.

On top of that, Kane is not potty trained, common for children his age with autism.

All this has made it incredibly difficult for Watkins a single working mom in Silver Spring,

Maryland, to find child care.

They ask you about your child's personality.

They ask if there's any diagnosis, and they'll ask you that.

And if you're like, oh, you know, my child, you know, he doesn if you're like oh you know my child you know

he doesn't talk or you know he's still in diapers you know these are things that

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