I mentioned in my blog earlier this week, that I had spoken in a Commons debate on Special Needs. I also highlighted the amazing work of PACT Harlow, which is a group for parents for children PACT does a great job in providing a much needed help and advice network - as well as keeping me informed of relevant issues. U
Sam Fancett, who helps run Pact, is like a human whirl-wind, and a tremendous advocate for special needs children.
Today, as part of World Autism Day, I went to a special event Sam, and other parents had organised in Harlow Sainsbury's - and really well received by shoppers. Parents and children set up a PACT stand with pictures and piggy banks for donations and, most intriguingly, were handing out seeds of tomatoes, chard and french beans.
But, these were not just ordinary vegetable seeds. The tomatoes are stripey - yellow and white, the Chard - rainbow, and the beans - red and purple. Each seed packet says : ' Autism, let the difference grow'.
What better way could there be of treating all-abilities equally. I look forward to eating the stripey tomatoes, once they have grown in the garden.
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