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Fabian from Peitz: Courageous fight for education after a brain tumor diagnosis
After a brain tumor, Fabian from Peitz is struggling with financial difficulties for his integration helper in order to graduate from school.
Fabian from Peitz: Courageous fight for education after a brain tumor diagnosis
17-year-old Fabian from Peitz faces major challenges: After a brain tumor diagnosis in his childhood, he suffers from right-sided paralysis, epilepsy and concentration problems. Despite these enormous adversities, he is aiming for a secondary school leaving certificate. From April 2025, however, the financial support for his necessary integration assistant will no longer be available, which will make his time at school significantly more difficult. In order to collect the required 15,000 euros for personnel costs, his father Detlef Starke started a call for donations on the “GoFundMe” platform to give Fabian a fair chance at education and a positive future Niederlausitz Current reported.
Fabian is currently in the 10th grade and lives in the small town of Peitz in southern Brandenburg. At just 7 years old, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor the size of a chicken egg, which was surgically removed and treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy for 457 days. This treatment not only left him with physical limitations, but also led to serious fluctuations in concentration and performance. He also needs support in everyday school life, as his parents often have to fight with the social welfare office to provide an integration helper.
Call for support
From April 11, 2025, Fabian will be able to cope in the school environment without the urgently needed help. The social welfare office will have promised that it will no longer be able to offer support. The appeal for donations is intended to help ensure that Fabian receives the support he needs in order to be able to learn motivated and in a safe environment. The aim is to raise 15,000 euros for the integration helper and thus give him a realistic chance of a carefree time at school.
In addition to Fabian's story, the issue of covering the costs of integration assistants for students with epilepsy and disabilities is dealt with in another source. Loud Epicurrent The State Social Court of North Rhine-Westphalia made it clear in an important decision that disabled students can claim the costs of an integration assistant from social assistance, which is of great importance in cases like Fabian's.
– Submitted by West-East media