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Mum tells how son, 4, is struggling to speak as lockdown hits parents of disabled children
Nov 24, 2020
A single mum has told of how the Covid-19 shutdowns have hit the development of three of her young children with special educational needs (SEND).
Danielle Pedley is among parents left struggling after educational and support services were shut or curtailed following the first lockdown.
Three of her children, Joshua, 11, Brayden, 8, and John, 4, are affected by autism and related learning difficulties.
Metro.co.uk previously reported on how families with SEND children feel ‘abandoned’ after services were impacted by Covid-19 restrictions.
Danielle, 31, who has a fourth child, Olivia, 12, says she has noticed a deterioration in their development and behaviour since March.
The special school worker, from Atherton, near Wigan, said: ‘With the occupational therapy we usually get different treatments and advice through the NHS but they have not come out since the first lockdown.
‘John and Brayden have sensory needs and I have put in a referral for extra support through a plan to help them but there is 12-week backlog, so we are waiting.
‘With the lockdown it has been really hard for them with the change of routine.
‘They don’t understand what is going on and why they can’t go out to the special autism sessions in the park and burn off energy because they have been closed down and taped off, and the autism groups are not meeting.
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