Communication and speech limitations can hide a person’s thoughts from the world, but they do not remove those thoughts. They can make daily care more complicated, but they do not make choice, safety, humour, comfort, or dignity any less important.

Whether someone has a physical or mental impairment or not, animals are here to play a big part in our lives.

With so much on a parents plate already, would it be safe to assume that a consultant is someone who has our best interests at heart, and the outcomes they seek favour us more than annual targets?