Discrimination is all around

This mum of three boys with autism wants people to understand the toll it takes when they’re left out. Kathrine Peereboom knows the heartbreak of watching her boys left out. She has three boys on the spectrum and she’s on a mission to try to get people to be kinder and more accepting of kids with

Autism awareness has become more widespread this century, and greater numbers of children with subtle symptoms are now diagnosed at young ages. But decades ago, doctors rarely diagnosed people towards the subtler end of the spectrum. “Fifty years ago, nobody would call autism what we call autism today – they would just be consid- ered

Kathrine speaks with the talented Jo Abi about the journey of parenthood with children on the spectrum and challenges in finding adequate support for them