24 Jan 2022

ACC gives boy cover after five year battle

From Morning Report, 7:28 am on 24 January 2022

An 11-year-old boy who was left disabled by a botched birth has finally been given ACC cover after a five-year battle.

But his family says the win is bittersweet, because it highlights the two-tier disability system, where those who are disabled through an injury are treated far better than those born disabled, or who become disabled through illness.

Here's investigative journalist Anusha Bradley with the story.