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'Before celebrating the wonderful child you have, you mourn the one you don't'

16 September 2024

Being a parent of an autistic child means having to fight for everything, being let down by the lack of support, and continuing the fight, writes 'Irish Examiner' GAA correspondent John Fogarty.

My wife Sharon knew before me. Mothers always do. Grace had reached most of her milestones before her twin brother Ollie but she didn’t socialise with other toddlers and her speech was non-existent.

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Published by The Irish Examiner, 16th September 2024.

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