YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE MY PEACE - A MOTHER'S STORY: Episode 6: Raising Kids Who Thrive

So Sam, Australia's introducing the Thriving Kids Program with the aim of supporting many young children outside of the NDIS in the near future.

I think it's coming in October actually, but I think South Australia, we haven't heard anything yet.

As a parent who has lived this journey, how do you feel about that?

Look, having one child or like the oldest being on the NDIS, it's anxiety provoking to think of where it could leave him.

But outside of that, I'm also quite anxious because I've got two other children who still are in the process of application for what looks to be thriving kids.

So what Look, I could sit there and just make myself sick about what it's all going to look like, but there's so much up in the air.

I'm putting out trust that whatever's meant to happen for my family is meant to happen.

Mm-hmm.

I've not thought very deeply on it.

I don't have the energy or the space to really delve into it.

But on top of it, there isn't anything really to delve into.

It just feels very up in the air.

Yeah.

And I think, I mean, I think it's the same as a provider.

We haven't really, we haven't I mean, I've heard about it and I've seen the discussions and I've seen the anxiety around it, but I'm just trying to stay on top of it and in terms of like stay outside looking in because we don't know what's going to happen.

We don't know what's going to happen when it is implemented and when it is implemented, how they're going to tweak it.

because there's thousands and thousands and thousands of families across Australia and children that will be affected anyway.

Yes.

there will be people talking about it when it's implemented.

And although every

state

has to implement, I'm hoping that it is implemented in a way that children get what they need.

And the other thing is, like everything, I know because I've worked in community health, I've worked for not-for-profits, I've worked for government agencies and private practices, and And everything keeps going round and round in circles.

And I was in community health and I remember families would come in and they'd only get two sessions or three sessions, if they were lucky, at 45 minutes a month by a speech pathologist.

So not a month, sorry, a term, a term.