1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda jam Nation. Well, I think you're talking 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: about Debbie. Debbie got in touch with us earlier this week. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Her husband had passed away only a month ago, the 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: seventeenth of March, and because she was nursing him through 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: those dark days, she didn't get to take her son 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: to the Easter show and she's wondering if we had 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: an Easter show bag. That was as simple as the 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: request was. We didn't have an Easter show bags. They'd 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: all sold out, But you guys came to the rescue 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: and through all of this, we have put together a 11 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: couple of Easter show bags to go to Debbie and 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: her son, Christopher. 13 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 2: The biggest bag in the world now she does. 14 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: And then we got Debbie on the phone and we 15 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: heard how tough it is for her at the moment. 16 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: Her husband, Thomas, they've only been married a few months, 17 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: but they've been together for nine years. These there's two boys, 18 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: Christopher and Michael. They are her step sons. Christopher is 19 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: thirty one and he's autistic and she's now raising him 20 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: and is his primary care. Things are tough, aren't they. 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: So she's lost her husband and she's now doing all 22 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: this other stuff with a lot of love in her heart. 23 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: But it's been hard. 24 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: It's been very difficult, and Debbie yesterday didn't want to 25 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: go on about it, but we pressed it further. 26 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 3: I'm going to be Christophers full time care and that's 27 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: for now. I struggle in itself, but we won't go 28 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 3: into that. 29 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: Well, now let's go into it. The government helping you. 30 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 3: Out with this? No, not really? 31 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: What so that you get to no help? 32 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 3: Well, it's a long story short. I need to go 33 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 3: and apply for carelessly, which I have done, but I 34 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 3: have to prove supply some other papers, which is a 35 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 3: tediously and tediously and I'm doing it slowly. 36 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: But paperwork, what a thing it is doing? You lost 37 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: your husband a month ago, as if you needed to 38 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: be doing all of this. 39 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 3: Do you know how many times I've cried up at 40 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,919 Speaker 3: the tents Lincoln just I just feel like a real idiot. 41 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: Some think and why why am I bothering? 42 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: But a couple of things would like to add here. 43 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: The Easter Show. Paul Bowed, head of The Easter Show, 44 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: heard what we were saying yesterday. He's going to add 45 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: a family pass for the family for Debbie and Christopher 46 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: for next year's Easter show, but onto the whole thing 47 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: about ndis. What a labyrinth it is to get through 48 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: that system. Peter from Inside Care Peter a woman called 49 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: in to say that she wants to help Debbie for 50 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: free to get her NDIS sorted. This stuff, as we know, 51 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: can take years. It is a really tough system to 52 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: navigate with your forms, with access, with all of that 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So what Peter is going to do, 54 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: as I said, she was from inside Care, she is 55 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: going to work with Debbie to get her into the NDIS. 56 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: And she put the call out Peter did to all 57 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: the people, all the services she knows, and people have 58 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: put their hands up, yes, we want to help. She 59 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: has a lot of contacts already working behind the scenes, 60 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: so she's going to help Christopher get all the services 61 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: he needs. So, Debbie, it makes me feel very emotional. Debbie, 62 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: the NDIS is being taken care of. We are going 63 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: to short circuit the horror that you would have had 64 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 1: to go through to get all of this sorted. Thank 65 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: you to Peter at Inside Care. You just lost your husband. 66 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: This is the last thing you need to be doing. 67 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: So Peter's going to help you and help you with 68 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: all the affiliated services that come with that. 69 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 2: Did you just scratch the surface, as you say, there's 70 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: young Christopher, a thirty one year old guy, and he's 71 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: gonna need care. 72 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: She said. He has sort of the mental acuity of 73 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: like a four or five year old. That's so hard. 74 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: He loves his legos, A big fan of the lego. 75 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: We should maybe sling him some lego. 76 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: You know what we should do? 77 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 3: Would you know what? 78 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: We should give him the death star that brought my 79 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: son unstuck that your son was meant to complete. 80 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: It's all gray on gray on gray. He struggled with it. 81 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 2: Or maybe we should give that to Core. 82 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: Well, you know what lego masters is on at the moment. 83 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: Hamish Blake is a friend of ours. Why don't we 84 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: get Hamish involved. Let's call Hamish and let's see if 85 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: there's something we can do for Christophers. 86 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: So why don't we do that tomorrow? 87 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: All right, But so far this has been absolutely amazing, Debbie, 88 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: I hope this takes a weight off your shoulders.