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Electrical Wheelchair – Good or Bad?

You would think giving an electrical wheelchair to a child with limited mobility would be an overwhelmingly positive experience? Well it was … at least at first! What happened over the course of the following twelve months was something that no-one expected. Read more: Electrical Wheelchair – Good or Bad?

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Teachers Aide Funding for Children with a Disability

You may have seen our very public fight with the government through the media during the first 6 months of 2010 as Penny and I have pursued funding for a teacher’s aide for Daniel while he attends our local high school. Unfortunately this public battle is only as a result of 3 years of being ignored by the government and politicians while we have written letters and attended meetings with no result. (For the whole history click here)

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The struggle between heart, mind and body

We spoke with Daniel the other day about what subjects he would like to elect for next year at school.  Daniel is in High School now and is in the process of selecting what subjects he would like to study for next year (Year 9).

The school has been amazingly supportive of everything that Daniel has tried his hands at, and although Daniel throws himself at everything with reckless abandon, there is always varying degrees of success.

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DET Funding and your responsibilities (Winning the War!)

This blog has been prompted by one of my readers who made the following comments on another blog I had written. Patricia writes (and I have edited this slightly to reduce space), My twins Julian and Joanne are in year 2 attending a public school. Rodney do you have any information on how the DET funding Support is utilized by a school? I keep getting told that its at the discretion of the school how to use it. I just happen to know (by accident) recently that Julian has approval for 28 hrs 50 mins of DET Funding Support. Hence I was surprised the school could not provide an aid for Julian to be able to attend the cross country carnival which he was very enthusiastic to attend and was instead told by the teacher to remain at school. Hi Patricia, Thank you for your questions.

You raised two important points:

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