Westmeath Mum Calling For Clarity On Supports For Children With Special Needs

She's worried that her two children with autism will lose some of their skills during lockdown.

A Westmeath mum is worried about her children with special needs regressing during lockdown.

Vicky Castle from Kinnegad has four children, aged from five to 15, two of whom are on the spectrum.

She's struggling to homeschool her family, while also running her own business - and she's concerned her two children with autism will lose some of their social skills while confined to their home.

Vicky says the Department of Education is giving mixed messages about whether the usual extended summer provision for children with special needs will go ahead this year.

She says it's difficult for her son Danny to learn remotely:

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