Children notice more than we may think when it comes to looking after anyone with additional needs. This can be the tone of your voice when the morning is taking longer than planned, the way you pause before trying something again, how things like brushing teeth can be challenging, guiding each leg into a pair of trousers, wiping a messy mouth, or waiting by the window until the school bus pulls away. Eva and Luis

More children and young people are being diagnosed with special educational needs and disabilities, but the systems around them are not growing at the same pace.

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.