Down but not out

The unique challenges faced by adolescents with a chronic illness or injury and how schools can best support them. By Darragh O Keeffe. Brendan* was just about to start high school when he became ill. Before the onset of his illness he was academically capable and socially competent. His condition meant prolonged absences from school and before long his grades were slipping. Increasingly school took up a much less important space in his life. Eventually Brendan caught up academically, but the social disconnection caused by the combination of a change of school and his health condition...

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