Hayden… a learning process

Video produced for the E-Journalism program at Loyalist College
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A broken marriage, bankruptcy and the hope there’s something positive around the corner are all things Heidi Penning, Hayden’s mother has to overcome.

Heidi’s journey leading up to Hayden receiving Printer hasn’t been an easy one.

Every year Heidi and David Parkhill, Heidi’s husband, have to apply for some sort of funding related to Hayden’s special needs.

On Sept. 9, 2007 Heidi sent the following letter for a funding request to the Pressures & Priorities Committee, here’s an excerpt.

“I provide Hayden with a do-it-yourself ABA program when there was no IBI program in this province. Price tag? $35,000 a year for several years until we lost the family farm, our house and all our belongings to bankruptcy.”