This is Part 2 of CBC’s coverage of the growing waitlist for kids with disabilities. Read how and why so many families wait for help here.
Alexandra Bejarano is watching her daughter regress — speak less, her words more muffled — as they wait for provincial support for her Down syndrome.
Syeda Zehra put her accounting career on hold and is watching YouTube videos to become her own therapist for her six-year-old son. She has regrets about moving to Canada, leaving the therapy he was getting in Oman behind.
And Carissa Campbell is considering separating from her husband as they wait for help supporting her 10-year-old daughter, who has ADHD and Tourette and only made it to school twice in the last month. At least then they would…