Samantha Medbury’s car was stolen from the front of her Wendouree house overnight on Thursday last week.

That same car was involved in a fuel runner on Friday morning.

Her partner’s ute was also broken into and ransacked. 

Ms Medbury, who has a 12-year-old son with severe disabilities, has been unable to take the kids to school or doctor’s appointments since the burglary. 

“My eldest has nine disabilities, he’s home schooled because the specialist school can’t cope with him and we can’t do anything now,” she said.

“We have pediatricians and physio and all that’s now going to be put to a halt.”

Three of Ms Medbury’s boys need a car seat and her eldest is only able to walk short distances. 

Her three youngest – Noah, Oliver and Gabriel – are under five.

Between the three she now has just one spare child’s seat but only her partner’s two-seater ute to drive.

“I can’t catch a bus because of my eldest, he doesn’t do people, he’ll freak, I don’t have a pram now either so I can’t walk to the bus station because I can’t expect them all to walk,” she said.

The family moved to Victoria from Launceston in 2014 so 12-year-old JT could be closer to specialist care. 

She and her boys were homeless, “caravan hopping” and living in a tent at Clunes, before moving into emergency accommodation at Delacombe.

Ms Medbury had been hiding presents for Christmas and for son’s birthday in her car.

“My son’s birthday is in three weeks so I had his Mp3 player because you’ve got to hide things with five kids, you can’t hide them in the house, they’ll find it, that was all in there tucked up under everything.”

Being unable to take two of her boys to school will mean home schooling JT with all four siblings in the house, Ms Medbury said.

“He (JT) really won’t realise until tomorrow what’s happened.

“He doesn’t normally cope very well when his siblings are at home because it goes from three kids being at home where I can distract one with an iPad but he doesn’t normally cope with the other two home, it’s too loud for him.”

Harley, 8, is worried he will miss out on swimming classes at school.

“I’m worried that I can’t go swimming next time because I really like swimming,” he said.

Victoria Police were approached for comment.