How utterly sad it is when the powers that be are failing children and adults with special needs. This evening I was working with a child who, for example, is non-verbal and dosent use makaton or pecs and has to be spoon fed. A child that I feel with the right input can achieve so much more.
If they had intensive one to one support for a period of time with set goals then I think that they can feed themself, can communicate, can use the toilet and so much more. The mum of one of the families I work with summed it up perfectly, that they should teach kids to speak english first as, in a special school, they was trying to teach them FRENCH as it was part of the curiculum
Its sad and frustrating when you see people who can't do things for themselves and worse when you see those that can if there was systems in place to back up the fine work that is done at home.
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