Mum posts elf’s escapades online to help raise awareness of autism

Santa has sent an elf on the shelf with a difference to wreak havoc in a Co Louth home in order to raise awareness of autism.

Mum posts elf’s escapades online to help raise awareness of autism

The elf, who is on the autism spectrum, is climbing out windows, refusing certain foods and spinning himself around lights since he appeared at Colleen McNally’s house in Avenue Road, Dundalk.

Mum-of-four Colleen, whose nine-year-old son Darragh has autism, is posting the elf’s antics daily on her Facebook page in the hope it will raise awareness of the condition.

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