Mother says monitoring type 1 diabetes should not be left to children as young as seven

Key points

• A Capel mother says monitoring her son's type 1 diabetes should not fall to children as young as seven. Alana Marshall said her son Declan received school support until year two, after which schools must apply for extensions each year.
• She has started a petition, backed by WA Shadow Education Minister Liam Staltari, calling for funding until the end of primary school.
• WA Education Minister Sabine Winton said extensions are assessed case by case and that the policy is due for review in the near future.