'All children deserve a place at the table': Families welcome plan to make Dublin autism-friendly 

Emma O'Shea, Finglas, with her daughter Cara, 8. Emma says: 'The idea that these efforts are being made to make Dublin more inclusive, has made me emotional because every innocent person should have a place in the world.' Picture: Moya Nolan

"All children deserve a place at the table. People say to me, ‘control your child’. The idea that these efforts are being made to make Dublin more inclusive, has made me emotional because every innocent person should have a place in the world.”

These are the words of Emma O’Shea, whose eight-year-old daughter Cara has autism. Emma believes that a three-year plan to turn Dublin into the first autism- and neurodivergent-inclusive capital in the world will help to make life easier for children like Cara and families like hers. She also believes that making the public more aware of autism is key.