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Isabella’s wish: To have a safe ride By Abbey Cannan
Isabella Taylor with her mum Lauren and little sister, Ohana.
Just like other 10-year-old girls, Peregian’s Isabella Taylor enjoys playing with make up, arts and crafts, baking, and spending time with her little sister. But life for the local family looks very different to most, with Isabella being unable to walk or talk due to dyskinetic spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Her mum, Lauren Taylor said Isabella has a Gross Motor Function Classification Scale of five, being the most severe or high level of cerebral palsy. “She has epilepsy, hip dysplasia, developmental delay, terrible dystonia, is non verbal, and has an array of associated health problems directly related to her severe brain injury,“ Lauren said. “Despite this - she is a social, funny, clever, kind, caring and happy beautiful little girl. “She brightens our lives everyday and her favourite person in the world is her little sister Ohana, who is six, and her grandma.“ Isabella’s condition affects her life profoundly daily. “She struggles with dystonia which is debilitating and painful and she is unable to grasp or hold things which makes everything difficult for her,“ Lauren said. Continued page 2
Whales rescued A humpback whale and her calf caught last week in shark nets off Noosa’s Main Beach were freed during the night thanks to the quick efforts of locals, Noosa MP Sandy Bolton, Noosa Council and a marine expert. But the sight of yet another entanglement of the much-loved mammals has enraged the
community, leading to a protest at Marcoola last weekend and an urgent meeting has been called this Friday of the Noosa Sharknet working group and stakeholders. When alerted to the most recent entanglement council engaged local marine expert Paddy Marine Pty Ltd to attend to the entangled whales,
after the contractor worked with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to receive a permit. Environmental Services manager Ben Derrick said DAF was unable to respond onsite until dawn due to their standard operating procedure.
“There is a set protocol to attending to whales and through cooperation with DAF and our specialist contractor, we managed to get a quick and positive outcome,” he said. Continued page 4
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