'I’m hoping that people will accept that these children are entitled to the same life as any other child.'
Parents of children with autism have welcomed progress on plans to make Belfast’s leisure centres "more inclusive".
Cllr Collins met with the group this week to formally launch the campaign for inclusive leisure centres."Conversation with groups like Colin Autism Support have revealed a severe lack of services for people with autism," he said. Deborah Maguire, from Colin Autism Support & Advice Group, said: "This motion is a stepping point and we would hope that it goes across the board and everybody starts to accept autism and neurodiversity as a big part of our society.
Deborah said there is a lack of understanding about how autism affects children, with parents feeling the need to “hide their child away”. Those like her 6-year-old son had been "confined to using leisure centres at inconvenient hours"."You need to get your child out to have some level of progression – they need to be able to go out into the world to learn about the world."
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