'His own community didn't want him': Autistic children rejected by local schools

Alan and Edwina O'Reilly from Terenure with their son Teddy, 9, who has austism. Teddy has no primary school place from September. Picture: Moya Nolan

Teddy O’Reilly’s parents had to try 22 different schools before he got a place in junior infants. 

The O’Reillys live in Terenure, in the heart of salubrious south Dublin.