A family of six with an autistic child has been granted special permission to self-isolate at their Sydney home by Health Minister Brad Hazzard after Nicole Rogerson from Autism Awareness Australia yesterday appealed on Sky News on their behalf.
23/09/2020 "We understand the importance of hotel quarantine; we're not asking for special treatment for everyone but this case is unusual," she said.
Ms Rogerson said the child - the eldest of four - suffered from "severe autism" experiencing "rolling meltdowns" as well as two little girls and a newborn, as they were forced into a small hotel quarantine setting. Political Editor Andrew Clennell said the Queensland government had received criticism for their failure to quickly respond to unique circumstances posed by mandatory quarantining that "required a bit of humanity".
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