Brave mother of triplets with autism and intellectual disability describes a regular day

Avlyn McKeown was not expecting to have triplets, let alone three boys with autism and intellectual disability. But now aged 6 and in school, they are the apples of their mother’s eye, writes Noel Baker

It’s just as well Avlyn McKeown is a fan of baking, because she had three cakes to prepare for May 4 last.

It was a triple-birthday for her triplet boys, Alex, Kyle, and Rian: Identical triplets, which is a rare enough phenomenon; IVF babies on what was Avlyn’s last attempt at motherhood; and three lads who have been diagnosed with autism and intellectual disability, and who are the apples of their mother’s eye.