Canberra kids could be locked out of respite by Christmas

By Sherryn Groch
Updated October 2 2017 - 9:43am, first published September 26 2017 - 12:42pm
Karna O'Dea with her son Malcolm. Malcolm has high needs and uses Marymead overnight respite care once a fortnight. The service has announced over they will be closing care to high-needs kids due to NDIS funding issues.

Photo: Jamila Toderas
Karna O'Dea with her son Malcolm. Malcolm has high needs and uses Marymead overnight respite care once a fortnight. The service has announced over they will be closing care to high-needs kids due to NDIS funding issues. Photo: Jamila Toderas

Young Canberrans with high needs could be locked out of respite care by Christmas unless a last-minute solution is found to "critical" funding shortfalls under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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