A mother has hit out at Cornwall Council after the authority refused to provide a taxi service for her epileptic daughter to attend an exam at Truro College.
Kayleigh Wilton, 16, suffers from the debilitating condition and attends college three times a week, travelling from her Wadebridge home in a taxi with a medically trained supervisor on hand in case she suffers an absence seizure.
The taxi service costs Kayleigh’s mother Brenda £327 a year but is partly funded by Cornwall Council under its subsidised transport scheme.
Kayleigh’s exam, which is scheduled for tomorrow, takes place outside of her normal three-day week and her mother has now been told by the council that it will not pay for the service.
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