Lived experience: 'In recognition of all parent carers'

Published on March 30, 2022

Caroline, a parent to her two autistic sons, speak openly about the ups and down of being a parent. 

“I am a single mum of two autistic sons, Oliver, 22 and Harry, 23.  We left our home on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Antigua and Barbuda in 2013 to relocate to the UK in search of specialist help which wasn’t available on the island. Upon arrival here, I was quite naïve to the workings of the SEN and social care systems which, I have since learned, can be heartless and dehumanising.” 

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