Your Voice, Your Vote: Disabled children need more help

Tracey Barnes, 50, who lives in Camborne, Cornwall, has criticised the lack of respite centres which provide short-term relief for primary caregivers.Ms Barnes uses the centres for her non-verbal daughter who struggles to sleep.

"Everything I thought, everything I did, everything I breathed was to do with supporting my family members," said Ms Barnes.A mum from Plympton, Devon, whose 11-year-old son has autism, said he struggles in a "mainstream classroom". Ms Rich, a former teacher, said her son also struggles with anxiety if things are not "scaffolded" for him which can lead to him feeling "physically sick".

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