Elf on the shelf with autism helps grieving family raise awareness

Daragh McNally, who passed away four weeks before Christmas last year.

An elf on the shelf with autism is helping a grief-stricken family raise awareness of the condition as they face their second Christmas without their youngest boy who lost his short battle with cancer last year.

Daragh McNally, who had autism, died at the age of 11 in November 2019 after a six-week battle with aggressive lymphoma.