O'Connor shares 'emotional day' as kids with Downs and mild intellectual disability get more resource hours

Brendan O'Connor has said it is a "happy and emotional" day in his home after children with a diagnosis of Down Syndrome with mild intellectual disability won rights to resource hours in school.

Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan announced the allocation of 2.5 hours resource hours to children with the diagnosis yesterday. The new allocation comes into force in September.