Parents consider leaving country after more than 30 schools reject autistic twins

Richelle Brook with her twins Ezra (green top) and Avery (blue top) at their home in Tallaght, Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney

Earlier this week, Dublin mother Richelle Brook received yet another letter from a school to say her twin boys hadn’t secured a place in a class for September.

“That’s 32 schools I’ve applied to, now,” she said. “There’s only one I haven’t heard back from yet.”