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COVID-19 disproportionately affects children and youth with special needs: B.C. report

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COVID-19 pandemic has amplified problems in the support systems for B.C. families of children and youth with special needs, a new report says.The report, called Left Out, detailed gaps such as a lack of long-term income supports and chronic delays to assessment that have persisted during the pandemic.“There is an urgent need for (the Ministry of Children and Family Development) to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the actual demand for services across B.C., and the capacity of the current system to meet those needs,” Jennifer Charlesworth, the representative for children and youth, said Thursday.“The revelations of the pandemic highlighted that urgency.

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