‘Jamie-Leigh would fit frequently, but knew the signs’ Walking my kids to school, I listened proudly to them chatting about their homework.
‘Come on, you two,’ I grinned, waiting for them to catch up.
Jamie-Leigh, then 9, and Aaron, 6, were like two peas in a pod.
Kissing them goodbye at the school gates, I couldn’t help but notice Jamie-Leigh suddenly seemed distant.
‘Jamie, are you OK?’ I asked as she stared blankly into space.
‘Jamie!’ I repeated, clicking my fingers.
She suddenly snapped out of it and skipped into the classroom.
From then on, Jamie would frequently just stand and stare, as if she was on a different planet.
‘I’d take her to the doctor,’ my mum Valerie, then 55, said.
So I did - and Jamie-Leigh was referred…
