Cork mother explains pandemic to son with Angelman syndrome as 'virus in the sky'

A teenage boy with Angelman Syndrome who is awaiting the results of a Covid-19 test has no understanding of the outbreak despite the best efforts of his mother to explain that there is a "virus in the sky."

Sheila Devlin Mulligan and her husband Colin of Cobh, Co Cork are parents to two boys Conor (14) and Shane (22) who have the rare neurodevelopmental disorder Angelman syndrome. The syndrome is characterised by severe intellectual and developmental disability.