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Wicklow mum slams cuts to vital services for disabled children as son (7) awaits urgent therapy

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Wicklow mum slams cuts to vital services for disabled children as son (7) awaits urgent therapy

Staffing crisis has hit providers of care to children with complex needs with 356 on waiting list in north Wicklow

Lewis Brown (7), from Kilcoole.

A mother who has been waiting for physiotherapy sessions for her seven-year-old son who had surgery to correct a dislocated hip three years ago has said it is “an absolute disgrace” that the family’s ordeal has gone on so long. It comes as 356 children are on a waitlist for similar services in north Wicklow.

There was huge relief for Jennifer Brown, a mother-of-four, from Kilcoole, when her son, Lewis, who has spina bifida, received what was potentially life-altering surgery in 2021, giving him more independence and comfort – and much less pain.

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