, Jack was born 10 weeks early back in 2012 due to having an extra chromosome trisomy 16 present in the placenta, i was told had it been present in him I would have lost him before the end of the first trimester, he spent 5 weeks In the neonatal unit at JCUH, came home for 2 weeks and was having a double hernia operation 2 weeks later. Forward he was diagnosed with autism in September 2015, he, to this day is non verbal, but communicates via PECS at home and at school, he takes everything in his stride, taking him on our first family holiday with myself and his brother, was daunting because I didn't know how he'd cope with the flight, but 7 hours later he was still a happy little boy, i was always told of your child can cope with change then keep trying different things and I'm so glad I did, he will be 6 in July amd all I wanted to be able to show him was that his disability does not stop him frim being accepted