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Back to School Time – How Did You Go? By Twitchy

February 1, 2013

I’ve been thinking of so many at this time of year; friends, and all of you with little or bigger ones either starting, or returning to school. Most families experience nerves and trepidation before starting new schools, or going back. But families like ours- far more so. Am I understating things just a little? I’ve [...]

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) – Guest Post

December 24, 2012

I asked in my post ‘Not Good Enough’ last week what we can do to improve the appalling wait times for Early Intervention and access to services for our children. My clever friend Bec (who herself has a profoundly disabled child) responded in the comments with a reference to the NDIS. I’ve had trouble getting [...]

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Wrap Up of First Year at Secondary School By Twitchy

December 21, 2012

This time last year I was a complete nervous wreck. I would not swap places with me a year ago! This year has been the year for transitions. Most of 2012 has been focused on mainly this and little else. My youngest had finished pre-school and was about to start primary school; but this was exciting [...]

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Not Good Enough – By Kate

December 14, 2012

I got a Christmas letter from our regional offices for early intervention the other day. It was nice enough, but it made me very angry. My son was diagnosed with autism and an intellectual disability in August of last year. Sixteen months ago. He was just shy of three years old. In the time since [...]

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Where does the money go? by Marita

August 29, 2012

Sometimes I get to the end (or even the middle) of our pay cycle and I wonder “Where does the money go?” Fortnightly visits to speech therapist $130 Fortnightly visits to psychologist $150 Monthly Melatonin costs $50 Once a term visits to school for student support group meeting by speech therapist and psychologist $400 Intensive [...]

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The Teachers- By Twitchy

June 8, 2012

Today my daughter was home due to the ‘stop work’ of many Victorian teachers- (aka “strike”). Mainstream media choose to focus primarily on the vast number taking part and the disruption this is creating for students and parents. Secondary to this was the pay issue and proposed merit-based incentive scheme being argued against. I believe [...]

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