A Lanarkshire teenager, who has been a carer for his visually impaired sister since he was a little boy, explains how a charity gives him a break from his caring responsibilities.
He was only three years of age when Fraser Reilly’s mum witnessed an act of kindness in him that foretold the devoted, selfless young carer he was to become.
Erin was just five weeks old when alarm bells began to ring for Diane, with the realisation that her baby girl was failing to track faces and objects with her eyes. “You have been a great carer, ever since you were little,” she tells her son. “Without a doubt, it just comes naturally to you.” Last week, she boarded a bus for the first time to visit her grandad, accompanied by her brother, in what was a big test.With a number of symptoms falling under one umbrella – including chronic fatigue and autistic traits – a gene screening failed to arrive at a defined diagnosis for Erin’s genetic condition.
“At the end of the day, she just wants to do the same as everybody else. And in this day and age, there’s no reason why she can’t.” “I’m not saying we live in a world full of flowers. When it is good, it is great, and when it is bad, it can be awful. Fraser was an 11-year-old P7 pupil when another of his considerable talents came to the fore – as did his maturity, which defies his years.
“A disability is not something to be made fun of,” he wrote. “It can be something that makes you special and stand out from the crowd. He was in a coma in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for two weeks and has been a wheelchair user since his accident. The project, through which Fraser had made many friends, introduced him to Reeltime Music – an initiative that aims to bring about a positive change in the lives of disenfranchised young people through the provision of affordable recording and rehearsal services, workshop and training provision, volunteering and partnership projects.
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