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I will NEVER Give Up!
Dr David Roy has lived through the worst trauma possible; knowledge that his son was allegedly abused whilst attending his special school aged 3 years old.
I will NEVER Give Up!
Dr David Roy has lived through the worst trauma possible; knowledge that his son was allegedly abused whilst attending his special school aged 3 years old. This episode shares shocking details but also the inspirational advocacy that came from it. Lou and David discuss the events that led to David and his wife's drive for a Parliamentary Inquiry following the alleged abuse and neglect of their son and the ongoing agitation that David has found necessary to force change and reforms in NSW education.
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Our son was being locked up within a stand up cupboard within the school and we then started to discover other things about them force cutting his fingernails, force feeding him. We'd seen incidents of the children being hit by the teachers
Dr David Roy
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