Not worth educating? The challenge facing seriously sick kids

By Clare Kermond
Updated April 9 2017 - 9:43am, first published March 11 2017 - 10:27pm

Lachie* has been on the brink of starting school three times. At three years-old, the little boy was diagnosed with leukemia. Overnight the family's world was blown apart, but they were reassured by doctors telling them to expect that after two years of treatment, he would be in the 80 per cent who recover fully.

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