IT’S a sad state of affairs when severely disabled children need to turn to charities to give them the ability to communicate and have access to life-changing devices.
But that’s what’s happened to 13-year-old Shaun Powders from Holmfirth who was born with a defect which left him brain damaged, suffering epilepsy and with cerebral palsy.
He has had a life of frustration, unable to communicate properly, but the device that could give him the ability ‘to talk’ is not publicly funded.
Thank goodness for charities like the Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children who have given him his voice.
If the Government doesn’t help youngsters like Shaun now then it’s looking even bleaker for the future.
Surely our disabled youngsters deserve more.
