Carluke family get specialist sensory room

A COUPLE’S dream of building a specialist sensory room for their autistic son has been realised – after a year of fundraising.
Many happy returns...Colin and Louise Ireland are delighted with Ben's new sensory room, unveiled to coincide with his seventh birthday (Pic Lindsay Addison)Many happy returns...Colin and Louise Ireland are delighted with Ben's new sensory room, unveiled to coincide with his seventh birthday (Pic Lindsay Addison)
Many happy returns...Colin and Louise Ireland are delighted with Ben's new sensory room, unveiled to coincide with his seventh birthday (Pic Lindsay Addison)

When Louise and Colin Ireland, originally from Belfast, found out their son Ben was autistic they realised that they had to something about it.

So Louise, Colin and the rest of the family set about fundraising to build a specialist sensory room for Ben at their home in Carluke’s Cairneymount Road.

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