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1 year, 5 months ago
by editor

Hi my name is Deb i have many years of experience professionally and personally of working with children and adults with disabilities (physical and learning) as well as complex needs and challenging behaviour. I also have a great deal of knowledge and first hand experience around dual sensory impairments due to current professional role and autism on a personal leave due to having an autistic sibling with learning disabilities. I am looking forwards to hearing everyone's tips on netbuddy and hopefully providing some useful tips myself.

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