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Lisa and her children Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A single mum-of-12 has spoken of her desperation to find a house big enough for her brood. Lisa Clarke says she is 'living a nightmare' after being told the family won't be rehou...

'Why don't we matter?' The mum-of-twelve who can't find a home big enough for her family Lisa Clarke is a single mum and currently lives with ten of her children, several of whom have special and complex needs 07:28, 15 MAY 2021 direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A mother-of-twelve who can't find a new home...

RNZ The mother of an autistic boy says she is heartbroken that her son's school has decided to exclude him, despite the intervention of the Children's Commissioner. This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission. The Children's Commissioner has warned that a school's exclusion of an autistic boy is the tip of an iceberg of problems. TATYANA TOMSICKOVA/123RF An autistic boy has written to the Children's Commissioner telling him being excluded from school makes him feel "like I shouldn't exist". Judge Andrew Becroft intervened in the case after the boy, 13...

Photo: 123RF Judge Andrew Becroft intervened in the case after the boy, 13, wrote to him following his suspension for his involvement in a fight. The boy moved to the school last year as a directed enrolment, meaning the Ministry of Education ordered the school to enrol him after it initially refused. The boy's letter, provided to RNZ by his mother, said his school would not let him participate in regular school activities and kept him in a room with a teacher away from but in full view of other children. "I'm having a really hard time at school at the moment and hate being treated so differe...

The boy's letter, provided to RNZ by his mother, said his school would not let him participate in regular school activities and kept him in a room with a teacher away from but in full view of other children. "I'm having a really hard time at school at the moment and hate being treated so differently to all the other students. I just want to make some friends and be treated like everyone else. I hate being bullied and laughed at because the teachers treat me differently and so do the other students," he wrote. "Can you please come to my school and help me? I want to go to school and just be li...