A parent's perspective: Advocacy and preparing for school

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with two mothers of children with rare disabilities about advocacy and preparing for school.

In today’s episode we are joined by two wonderful women, Chelsey and Emma, both of whom are Mums to children with rare and complex disabilities. This conversation is starts by understanding these Mums' journeys through their child's diagnosis, to becoming the fierce advocates and they are today. We then dive into all things preparing for school; from finding the right school for your child through to evaluating when maybe it’s time for a change. There are some amazing words of wis...

People in this episode

Host: Simone Dudley

Guests: Chelsey, Emma

Topics covered

• advocacy
• disability
• education
• parenting
• school preparation

Keywords

• disability
• advocacy
• school
• parenting
• education
• rare disabilities
• preparation

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