Tennant Creek boy with cerebral palsy placed in care after NDIA pulls funding

Exclusive: mother of 13-year-old Indigenous boy loses guardianship after agency withdraws housing funding

The National Disability Insurance Agency asked for an Aboriginal child with cerebral palsy to be placed into care because the agency would no longer pay his accommodation costs.

The 13-year-old boy has spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy, and requires the use of a wheelchair.

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