Gillian Milne and her husband, Darren, have been pleading for the State to intervene and provide such a place for the twins, who are non-verbal and have a range of other special needs.
She committed to touching base with them on a weekly basis until the places are finalised, Ms Milne told Prime Time. "We had to open up our family story twice on Prime Time to get this result. It's terrible that these are the lengths that we had to go to so secure a school place for our boys because they have special needs," he said.
Identical twins Ryan and Kyle were born in 2011 and were diagnosed with autism when they were two-and-a-half years old.Mr Milne has given up his job to help look after the twins. Faced with the threat of repossession, the family are also due to become tenants in their own home when a housing charity acquires the house.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Delighted for them. Pity they had to go public twice as it's not easy. Unfortunately their horrific story is not an isolated one, as there are many autistic children with no school placements, or unable to attend as the supports they need are non existent
Half the money being spent on hotels for asylum spoofers would make a massive difference for disability services. The country is criminally underfunded and under serviced in disability needs and mental health support
Should have happened years ago! Delighted for the boys and they're parents
This is good news. It shows what the government CAN do if and when they put their mind to it. Now, step up to the mark and start taking care of business and start working to help the people of Ireland
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