Life as a special needs mum

In this guest blog, Hannah Postgate gives an insight into her life as a mum of a daughter with complex learning disabilities and autism. When Dan [Parton, editor of Learning Disability Today] asked me to write a post for the Learning Disability Today blog, I was so touched; I mean I was taken aback… he said that he thought readers would appreciate a parent’s view on bringing up a child with a learning disability. About 1.75 million children in the UK have a special or additional need. My daughter Rosy is one of them. She is a vibrant, loving six-year-old