A regional Victorian teenager has plans to take the charity she started to help children with autism and intellectual disabilities beyond Australia to the rest of the world.
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Keeley’s Cause helps children with autism and intellectual disabilities access iPads to improve communication and learning
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This year the charity received more than $10,000 worth of gifts to share on its Giving Day
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The charity hopes to expand its work to Nepal and Bangladesh
At 13 years old, Keeley Murphy was struggling in the mainstream school system.
Keeley has autism and as she prepared to tackle high school was also diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability diagnosis.
Her mother Sharon Murphy said her daughter became increasingly withdrawn and depressed.
“She thought she was stupid, and we told her she wasn’t, and she just had a different way of learning,” Ms Murphy said.
“She came out with, ‘You…
