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Episode 8 - After Us: What happens to Harry when we’re gone
Most parents of children with additional needs have not made a formal plan for what happens after they’re gone. Not because they don’t love their child. Because sitting down and doing it is one of the hardest things you’ll ever have to face.
This week Erin and Terry face it properly. What the conversation actually involves. The cliff edge that comes at 18 when school ends and the adult disability services system, already stretched to capacity, has to take over. The three things that need to be planned: who makes decisions for Harry under Ireland’s Assisted Decision-Making Act, who cares for…
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