I am originally a sen teaching assistant I have worked with children with a variety of disabilities in sen schools and mainstream schools also my sister is severely autistic she is 18 and I often care for her for my mum she is non verbal, still in pads, has development delay ( mental age of 2) I often take her out when I have her have taken her horse riding, parks, swimming, I don't drive but am happy to use public transport which I am used to.