NSW — There are
concerns a disabled south coast girl has not received a
new specialised wheelchair, despite her parents asking
the New South Wales Government for one six months
ago.
The young girl is immobile and at
risk of spinal deformities unless she receives a new
wheelchair.
The Member for South Coast, Shelley
Hancock, says the Department of Ageing, Disability and
Home Care still has not decided whether to grant the
request.
"It may be that it will be another
three months after the wheelchair is ordered that she
gets it, if she does get it," she said.
"In the meantime, the little girl
has to be strapped to a full plastic body brace, hard
plastic body brace and on her back
24-hours-a-day."
