Take a bunch of adults (all over 40, so supposedly mature) and put them in an adventure playground and what do they do? Cllr Paul Lynch, current lead member for Children's Services in Hounslow, swinging. No, not that kind.
Rolling up at the Haywood in north London we found ourselves waiting on the wrong side of a 10 foot fence.
"Well this looks high, but I know a child with autism who could get over this," I mused. Cue Robin, well over six feet tall and definitely under 40 years of age striding across the park, rubbing his eyes and talking into a mobile.
"Sorry I'm late," he said. "Been up half the night waiting to hear about a boy with autism who'd got over the fence and run." He had a history of it, apparently, and been found one time somewhere in south London, having taken a bus there, they thought. The boy was home.
About Me
- Motherboard
- London, United Kingdom
- Karen Adams is part of Parents in Touch, an organisation that supports disabled children and their families. She is married and has four children: two boys and two girls, the eldest of whom is a 15 year old boy with autism.
PiT
the swan gliding across the pond whilst Motherboard's feet paddle furiously