Here are just 5 of the over the 500 success stories
that could fill the CUPW Special Needs Project Scrapbook:
CUPW Special
Needs Summer Project
Last summer, one CUPW member's severely diabetic
7-year-old son wanted to attend soccer camp. He couldn't go because
he needs
on-site glucose tests and insulin shots. His mother used the
CUPW Special
Needs Project funding to hire a teenager with diabetes to go
with her child to soccer camp. So this summer he did not have
to worry
about his shots; the child had an excellent role model; and
the entire team had an extra coach!
CUPW Special Needs Summer Project
Another CUPW
member has a child with cerebral palsy, who has been attending
a child care centre for the past few years.
Now that
the child is ten years old, he's too heavy to carry up the
stairs. The member used the CUPW Special Needs Project to
help pay for
a wheelchair ramp. The ramp made the centre accessible to
her child, as well as to other children who have physical challenges.
CUPW
Special Needs School-Year Project
"Now our son loves school!
He's doing so much better! He has completely changed and
I feel it is all because of the CUPW
Special Needs
Project. Now that he has stable child care, he is less
anxious - and he is actually beginning to talk for the first
time!"
CUPW
Special Needs School-Year Project
"I went to a union education
conference and stood up in front of 50 other people and spoke
about the CUPW Special Needs
Project, and noted how wonderful, supportive, and
insightful CUPW was
on
issues that affect families of children with special
needs. From my heart, this project has been the turning point
in my child's
life. It has been a lifesaver for our family. Thank
you."
CUPW
Special Needs School-Year Project
"The biggest benefit is the
opportunity to sleep! We have an 8-year-old daughter with
cerebral palsy. Because she
needs a lot of extra
care, I work nights and off-shift with my wife.
After I feed and dress my daughter, I take her to school myself
because
there's no available transportation for her wheelchair.
Then
I pick her
up at 2:30 and spend a lot of time tutoring her
so
she can keep up. And I take her to medical and therapy appointments
as well.
With the CUPW funding, a caregiver takes over for
the after school hours, gives her tutoring, and support at
a
local
playground.
My
daughter gets one-on-one attention - and I get
some needed sleep!"
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