TV presenter’s autistic son ‘shut out of academy’
June 18, 2016 8:09 PM
In http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/tv-presenters-autistic-son-shut-out-of-academy-07rflzl2b
Originally published by LDDA - The Liberal Democrat Disability Association
In http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/tv-presenters-autistic-son-shut-out-of-academy-07rflzl2b
Originally published by LDDA - The Liberal Democrat Disability Association
The television presenter Melanie Sykes has revealed that she is struggling to find a school for her 11-year-old autistic son after he was asked to leave a mainstream academy.
"We are doing everything we can but there are so many obstacles. Valentino could be independent, self-sufficient and a very valuable member of society, but he may lose the ability to live that life if he slips through the net," Sykes said.
Sykes - who came to prominence as a model in advertisements for Boddingtons Brewery - and her former husband, the actor Daniel Caltagirone, said they had met many other "desperate parents"