Fighting for her autistic sons
If your child is disabled you qualify for grants to help you adapt your home - but if your child is autistic you don't.
5 live listener Hayley Moran got in contact with us to highlight what she calls the anomaly in the system. She's got two young sons with severe autism and needs to spend thirty thousand pounds making her home more accessible for them.
Watch the film we made with her here:
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The new speaker spent money in that range making his grace and favour place safe for his kids but that was your money!
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Louisa in lieu of Victoria:
Thanks, for bringing to lite this story of Discrimination in funding
of Social Programmes for one segment of the disability versus the other segment of disability....
Hayley Moran: You have my heartfelt support in fighting the authorities to get help needed for your children....
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Thanks Dennis. We're always interested in covering stories from our audience.
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