Colette and her partner Stephen are parents to Georgia, who just turned six. The family live near Glasgow and Colette works as a part time nanny, while Stephen is Georgia’s full-time carer.
Georgia has a diagnosis of autism and is pre-verbal with high support needs. She also has arfid and professionals think she may have Global Developmental Delay.
Colette said: “Georgia loves watching Disney films and can sing along to several Disney songs. She understands the stories and has a great sense of humour.
Georgia needs support with most tasks, is not yet toilet trained and often uses a wheelchair or buggy to allow her to mobilise to new places.
Our Take a Break grant
We got our grant in December and used it for a very special trip to see ‘Disney on Ice’ earlier this year. I just knew she would love it, but the money for a one-off trip like that would be totally beyond us. Having the freedom of the grant meant we could try for something which would be a risk in such a huge event stadium like the Hydro.
It was very emotional watching her reaction to the show, she was dancing and singing, recognising the logos and characters, her face lit up. It gave us an escape from our normal life, our tried and test places, and she was just alive with it.
It’s really hard being a carer but we try not to focus on that. There is still fun, joy and being able to do things as a family.
