Ms Olivia Flanagan:

I would like to give an example of a transition that is causing problems in our locality at the moment. We have a little four and a half year old boy who has fought to be here. He is getting enrolled in mainstream school at the moment. The mainstream school that he is going to attend already has two children with Down's syndrome so they know what they are talking about and what resources are needed. The school has asked the parents for is a report from a speech and language therapist. This boy has never met a speech and language therapist. He is four and a half years of age and this is a barrier to education for him.