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X Factor's Sam Bailey reveals struggles to get her autistic son into a special school after he became suicidal due to lack of support in mainstream education
X Factor winner Sam Bailey has spoken of the struggles she had in getting support for her autistic child.
In order to 'better understand her son', Sam - who is currently appearing as Mrs Potts in a tour of the musical Beauty And The Beast - has enrolled on a course with Bath College, which will give her a qualification in autism. Elsewhere in the interview, Sam also urged people to give space to children wearing a hidden disabilities lanyard or ear defenders, to not use raised voices and to not assume the child is 'just being naughty'. It comes after Sam took to Instagram at the time to share an informative post about her son struggling to deal with the crowds in London, to raise awareness of autism and hidden disabilities.
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