yaaay for your son! A great milestone, well don him.
Morecambe and Wise - the lost tape
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This may seem such a small thing, but my 22year old son has today, for the first time in his life, left the house to meet friends in the city centre and spend all day with them. He never attended school, was statemented for school phobia and needless to say took no exams. In fact he had a pretty miserable childhood. He decided to go to college at 18 and managed to gain entrance to a very good university where he is just coming to the end of his first year. Because of his history he never had any friends and today was therefore a landmark occasion; two friends travelled here to spend the day with him. Such a small thing that all young people should be able to take for granted. I am so proud of him and so happy for him.
I just needed to share this 
Oh thank you all again, so many lovely messages of support. He is going back to university this weekend so it will be quiet again without him, but this time I'm looking forward to the peace and quiet before the long summer break. Who knows what he will plan for that?
I agree about the blundering, HildaW, he was so difficult to help as a child, it was always one step forward and about six back. I think he was sent to prick my smugness at having two children before him who loved school, and he has taught me such a lot!
And kitty so sorry about your son I hope he is well now?
Thank you all of you 
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