Denise Astill is the founder of FACS, an organisation set up to support and raise awareness for Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome. Her twin daughters were born with the funding and qualify for ACC funding. But she knows that many families miss out on this vital funding.
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Education: Ep 06 with Carla McNeil
Carla McNeil comes to this conversation as a mother, an educator and now a professional advocate for children with dyslexia in her role at Learning Matters. In this episode she talks about what she sees as the key issues in the classroom for teachers and learners when there is a learning difference present.
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Education: Ep 05 with Kerry Hodge
Kerry Hodge and her family were dreading the new school year without the necessary supports for her son, Felix. In this episode she talks about the struggle to get new supports and how she feels lucky, but really it shouldn't be about luck, these kinds of supports should come standard.
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Episode 30: Paula Tesoriero - New Zealand's Disability Rights Commissioner
Paula Tesoriero is New Zealand's Disability Rights Commissioner. In this episode she talks about what she intends to do in the role and how she came to terms with her own disability caused by amniotic band syndrome before she was born.
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Education: Ep04 with Tansy Sayers
People buy houses in specific zones for the schools they offer their children, but when you have a child with learning disabilities and complex needs in New Zealand, you may have to move entire cities just to get your child an equitable education. This is the story of Tansy Sayers, her son Charlie, and their move from the Wairarapa to Wellington to get Charlie the education he deserved and needed.
This show tells the stories of the children and their parents who find themselves in that one in a thousand, or one in ten thousand, or even one in a million position of having a child with special needs and how they come to cope. Finding those odds apply to you and your child can be one of the most isolating and terrifying experiences of your life. But then sometimes it can also feel like winning the lottery.
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