Parents of children with disabilities are struggling to teach their children during COVID-19

Homeschooling is difficult enough for most families, but parents of students with disabilities say they urgently need more support to help educate their kids. Fiona Sharkie, CEO of Victorian peak body for autism Amaze, said students with disabilities and their families had been forced to scramble for their own solutions to homeschooling. “The silence is really deafening from the [Education] Department,” she said.

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Topics:
Child protection and relinquishment, Education, Emergency management

Author:
Norman Hermant, Nas Campanella and Lucy Kent

Source:
ABC Online

Date published:
Wed 6th May, 2020