Getting the boys out is the priority. Both Stephen (13) and Seán (17) are autistic. Stephen goes in for 9am, later than the other kids, as there can be anxiety around school. Seán goes to Youthreach in Mahon. The support he needed wasn’t available in mainstream school and it was issues like this that prompted my husband John and I to set up the Rainbow Club in June 2015. We started with a budget of €637 and 22 families. Now we support 1,180 families, we have 30 staff and a pool of students and volunteers.
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