1,000 sign petition over child’s reduction in SNA support

MORE than 1,000 people have signed a petition on Facebook in support of a Down Syndrome child whose has had her Special Needs Assistant support decreased by the state.

Annabelle Boyle said she was greatly heartened by the number of people signing the petition on behalf of her seven-year-old daughter, Zoe.

For the past two years, a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) was providing five hours a day support for the child while she was attending Araglin National School in north Cork.