Sometimes, children can seem hidden away from the public, kept apart in their nurseries and schools. Equally, staff in office blocks can feel trapped behind phones and screens, and miss any sense of connectedness or belonging.
When the singing ended, a member of the audience asked me if I remembered her. Her child had attended the nursery where I worked years ago as the special needs co-ordinator. He had struck me as having an unusual way of talking and relating to the other children, and the more I observed and spoke to his parents, the more we began to realise he might have special needs.
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