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Friday, 30 April 2021, 8:40 am
Shelley Robinson has experienced many ups and downs over
her daughter Ruby’s life. 18-year-old Ruby has Global
Developmental Delay and Autism, and Shelley had been worried
about her future for some time.
Leaving school was one
of those worries. She was concerned about how her daughter
would transition into the real world – a world filled with
many physical, social and attitudinal
obstacles.
Research shows that when people with
disabilities finish school, it can be incredibly challenging
to embed into communities, to find paid employment and make
money to enable self-worth and to live well.
Shelley
wanted to do something about this. She set up the Chrome