Adeline is a cheeky seven-year-old but her epilepsy has left her brain damaged, and the NDIS won't help, leaving her family desperate for access to therapies that could help her.
Her mother, Jessamy Eccles describes her as "creative" and says she likes to pretend she owns a coffee shop and serves drinks to people."Adeline is very impulsive, it's like being with a toddler," Ms Eccles said.
But she now has repetitive behaviours, memory issues and frequent meltdowns characteristic of her epilepsy. “Many participants have medical conditions they manage alongside impairments arising from their disability. Their nine-year-old son Leo has the same type of epilepsy as Adeline as well as autism, which is often associated with epilepsy.ABC News: Keana NaughtonIt took more than a year of trying until Melanie and Brad Rideout were able to get their son help through the NDIS – and it only happened after a psychiatrist diagnosed his autism.
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