tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560607747499642804.post6928092878828895172..comments2023-06-10T20:21:47.408+10:00Comments on Rollercoaster Parenting: Thank you, but...Heike Fabighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06856001856348587649noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560607747499642804.post-25397059334742758592007-10-22T16:27:00.000+10:002007-10-22T16:27:00.000+10:00I was going to write about this on my blog but cou...I was going to write about this on my blog but couldn't work out how to do so without offending people with children with other types of disabilities. Honestly, the $1K does not go very far. Last financial year, we spent over $20K in therapy, treatments and equipment. This year we are already up to $10K, and we do not have a lot of equipment for Moo (much less then we actually need but who can afford it?). Maybe we should be grateful that at least we can find the money, but the truth is - finding the money is increasingly difficult (we have lost all equity we had in our house) and not many people can take hit after hit on their pre-tax income like we do. <BR/><BR/>But when I was on a chat group (not CPecial Parents) when someone published the announcement, there were all these comments like - now we can put the kids into swimming lessons, or now the kid can go to some sport/art class, or that will pay for speech therapy for the year. In our house, it pays for a fifth of a manual wheelchair, two thirds of a bath chair, would almost pay for a corner chair, half a year of physio or one twenthieth of a year worth of ABR. Sounds like I'm a bit pissed but I'm getting sick of people telling me that this isn't an issue worth considering in the lead up to the election. I'm sick of ordinary families getting tax cuts. I'm sick of hearing about raising child care benefits for the battling families when it is only because I have very close ties to a particular centre that he is even in childcare - let alone the stupidity of only getting funding for 5 hours per day for a carer. Oh, I could go on and on . . .Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039454415384297225noreply@blogger.com