I am asking on behalf of a relative. one of her children will be 8 and the other will be 6 months, she was wondering what the law is on room sharing. the 8 year old is on the sectrum, has issues understanding right from wrong, has some learning difficulties, wakes up randomly throughout the night and despite being told not to still insists that they will try to help their sibling during the night. The issue at the moment is space, they live in a 2 bedroom house, the oldest has the tiny box room. we were told there is a law about children on the spectrum needing their own room ( a quiet space, safe place to unwind and get away), we dont know if this is true. if not what is the general consensus on sharing, especially with the oldests age and not being used to sharing.
