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A Unique Child: Inclusion - Supporting ... Kodi

One children's centre delights in providing challenge for a child with Down Syndrome.

Kodi's steps in development are going to be quite small, but for him they are huge and we have seen him develop so much since he started coming here,' says Vikki Wynn, manager of Community Childcare within Wingate Children's Centre in Durham.

Kodi Crick has Down Syndrome and has been attending the centre since September 2010 when he was two years old. He has global developmental delay and sleep apnoea.

'His mum was worried when he started that he wouldn't interact with children or they would find it difficult to communicate with him, but he has a great group of friends. He really likes being part of a group and his face lights up when he walks into the nursery,' says Ms Wynn.

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