CRC/C/THA/CO/2 page 12 State party continue to ensure that alternative care allows the child to maintain personal relations and direct contact with the mother who remains in prison. As regards children residing in prison with their mothers, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure that living conditions in prisons are adequate for the child’s early development in accordance with article 27 of the Convention. The Committee encourages the State party to seek assistance from, among others, UNICEF and other United Nations bodies in this regard. 5. Basic health and welfare (arts. 6, 18 (para. 3), 23, 24, 26, 27 (paras. 1-3) of the Convention) Children with disabilities 49. The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party has undertaken many concrete measures to promote the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities, including access to mainstream and specialized education and to vocational training. Despite these positive steps, the Committee is concerned that children with disabilities living in the remote areas of the country lack access to adequate health and social services, as well as to education. It also shares the State party’s concern about the insufficient and incoherent data on children with disabilities and the non-standardized public and private services for them. 50. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (General Assembly resolution 48/96) and the recommendations adopted by the Committee on its day of general discussion on the rights of children with disabilities (see CRC/C/69), take all necessary measures to: (a) Formulate and adopt a comprehensive national policy for children with disabilities, and allocate necessary financial and human resources to implement the plan; (b) Prevent and prohibit all forms of discrimination against children with disabilities, including by raising awareness of their rights, special needs and potential, and ensure equal opportunities for their full participation in all spheres of life; (c) Standardize public and private services for children with disabilities and monitor the accessibility and quality of these services; (d) Provide children with disabilities with physical access to schools and access to appropriate information and communication tools; and (e) Establish a data collection mechanism on children with disabilities and to use such data in developing policies and programmes to promote their equal opportunities in society, paying particular attention to children with disabilities living in remote areas of the country.