'He had six words, they're gone': Three-year therapy wait for little Killian

'With the OT, he could walk up and down the stairs, use building blocks, and all that's gone.'

'All I’m doing is fighting for Killian, for his SLT and OT,' says mother Elaine O'Donovan, pictured with son Killian in Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

A Cork mother who has been waiting three years for speech and language therapy (SLT) for her son has branded his treatment a 'disgrace'.

Elaine O’Donovan from Fairhill has been waiting for SLT for her son, Killian. Instead, she has been enrolled in a course to learn to work on Killian’s speech herself. She says this is a 'disgrace', and that she should not have to take the place of a professional in giving her child therapy.