Is it too much to ask for a child with special needs to be spoken to like a person?

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The shortfall in government funding for kids with special needs means families have to make impossible sacrifices to fill the gap.

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I was devastated when my son was diagnosed with dyslexia. It took four years of heartache and hard work, but he is now reading—and I couldn’t be more proud of him.

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