CYP Now - Interview: Lindsay Brewis, acting head of early years, Scope -Applying a personal touch

Although Lindsay Brewis isn't set to retire for another decade, she already knows what she wants as her leaving present. "I would love by the time I retire that the work is done, so there is no need to ever talk about disability and inclusion again - I wouldn't want a gift if I had that," she says.

Rather than seeing a child in terms of their disability, Brewis wouldlike people to just see the child. "I would like them to see Johnny, orJenny, or Michael, or whoever and stop seeing them as different," shesays.

Brewis first started working with children with special needs becauseshe felt they were being failed. Since then she has gone on to have fourchildren of her own, three of whom have special needs, including onechild with Asperger syndrome and one who is dyslexic.

After working locally in Mid Glamorgan she joined Scope in 1995, excitedby the possibility of impacting on a bigger scale. "It was a hugechallenge to see if I could take what I had done really well locally anddo it on a national scale," she says.

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