Video of teacher aide’s wheelchair waka for Cassius goes viral [Video]

A Wairarapa mum’s video tribute to her son’s teacher aide has gone viral.

Courtney Naera shared a video to TikTok of the ingenious costume that teacher aide Faith Traill made for her son Cassius for book-character day at Lakeview School in Masterton and says she makes life at school possible for her little boy.

Ten-year-old Cassius (Rangitāne) was born with the brain disorder lissencephaly and Courtney and her husband Charlie were told that he was unlikely to make it past 2 years old.

The rare condition means Cassius uses a wheelchair, lives with seizures, is non-verbal and needs constant help.

Cassius Naera. Photo / Courtney Naera

But at 10, he’s thriving as a key member of the community at Lakeview School in Masterton and “phenomenal” teacher aide Faith Traill has been with him from the start.

“She always goes above and beyond,” mum-of-five Courtney Naera told the Herald, revealing how Traill had initially noticed how upset …