BBC Homepage
  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
  • Your account
  • Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • More menu
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
Close menu
BBC News
Menu
  • Home
  • InDepth
  • Israel-Gaza war
  • War in Ukraine
  • Climate
  • UK
  • World
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Culture
More
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Health
  • Family & Education
  • In Pictures
  • Newsbeat
  • BBC Verify
  • Disability
  • N. Ireland
  • N. Ireland Politics

'I'm exhausted - there's no service to meet my son's needs'

Media caption,

  • Published
    24 September 2025

Read more here.

Related topics

  • Disability
  • Northern Ireland
  • Londonderry-Derry
  • Autism

Top stories

  • Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself in

    • Published
      2 hours ago

  • Trump raises tariffs on Canadian goods in response to Reagan advert

    • Published
      2 hours ago
  • Live. 

    Trump arrives in Malaysia to witness signing of Thailand-Cambodia 'peace deal'

    • 996 viewing996 viewing

More to explore

  • 'I am not done' - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again

    Kamala Harris

  • Andrew faces Commons 'humiliation' and 'Mansion tax raid'

    The front pages of the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday.

  • 'Brothers in the forest' - the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe

    A group of Mashco Piro tribesman wading shin-deep in a river, calling out to someone on the other side. They are wearing only loin cloths and appear to be trying to catch someone's attention.

  • 'Heroes of Kharkiv': How 48 children were saved from kindergarten hit by Russian drone

    Oleksandr Volobuev carries a young child out of a kindergarten hit by a Russian drone

  • Representation to red flags: The fall and future of Manchester Pride

    Five people pictured behind a barrier at Manchester Pride. They are waving pride flags smiling and waving. The barrier is decorated with various rainbow flags and disco balls.

  • 'I watched my stolen phone head to London, Dubai and China'

    Fenella is holding her replacement mobile phone in her living room. She is sad. The room around her is decorated in a muted tones of grey and ivory. She has long brown hair and brown eyes.

  • A humming annoyance or jobs boom? Life next to 199 data centres

    Gregory Pirio in front of a data center near his house in Loudoun County

  • ChatGPT's new browser has potential, if you're willing to pay

    A graphic of a magnifying glass over a screen, highlighting the words "ChatGPT Atlas". The logo, a white arrow in a blue circle, surrounds the text.

  • Off Air with Laura K: Get Laura Kuenssberg’s weekly newsletter emailed directly to you

    Laura Kuenssberg
loading elsewhere stories

Most read

  1. 1

    Andrew faces Commons 'humiliation' and 'Mansion tax raid'

  2. 2

    'Brothers in the forest' - the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe

  3. 3

    Trump raises tariffs on Canadian goods in response to Reagan advert

  4. 4

    Charity boss arrest in BBC sex-for-aid investigation 'gives women strength'

  5. 5

    The best time to turn on the heating – according to you

  6. 6

    Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself in

  7. 7

    Don't obsess over 8 hours sleep: Health tips from the BBC's twin doctors

  8. 8

    How the nation lost its appetite for Pizza Hut

  9. 9

    Tax rises could push food prices higher, warn supermarkets

  10. 10

    How the anti-establishment candidate won the Irish presidency

BBC News Services

  • On your mobile
  • On smart speakers
  • Get news alerts
  • Contact BBC News

Sally Wainwright Dramas

  • Empowering story of five women making their voices heard

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Riot Women has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    Riot Women

  • Gripping Yorkshire crime thriller led by Sarah Lancashire

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Happy Valley has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    Happy Valley

  • Suranne Jones as Anne Lister, a 19th-century trailblazer

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Gentleman Jack has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    Gentleman Jack

  • Bafta-winning drama celebrating love in later life

    • Attribution
      iPlayer

    Added to Watchlist
    Last Tango in Halifax has been added to your iPlayer Watchlist.
    Last Tango in Halifax
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBBC
  • CBeebies
  • Food
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.