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NAS36163
over 3 years ago
A little girl who was nine years old.
In the Merseyside area on the autistic spectrum, and she wouldn't sleep at night unless all the bedroom doors were open, and all the lights were on, in all the bedrooms and there was four of them with the bathroom light & landing light on all night'
Honestly with all the lights on, and the lights had to be left on all night. If anyone shut the doors or turn the lights off, then pandemonium would break out. Obviously it was easier for the parents to leave all the lights on all night long.
After being in, and designing the night sky ceiling.
The parents sent me a lovely message back saying that for the first time in nine years. Their daughter went to sleep that night, with all the doors shut, and the lights off, so she could see her night sky ceiling, and slept soundly. Now every night, with the door shut and the lights off, so that is a positive result for an autistic child, changing the habits, and being able to sleep in a relaxing, calming atmosphere, with mum and dad a lot happier because there we're less lights on so everyone else in the home slept easier.
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over 3 years ago
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over 3 years ago
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