I work with special needs children and I know that if you have zero knowledge of people with special needs that the sounds they make can be quite confronting. They can shreek and make very loud high pitched noises, yell and make some very odd sounds. Each special needs person is different but these sounds are their way of communicating or simply their way of calming themselves so they can clear any frustrations, etc. Once you get to know each child you learn their sounds and their ways and some of their sounds just become background noise as you know they are ok and just centering themselves. Nothing you say or do will change that. This is something they need to do themselves. For the parents of special needs childen it is not a relaxing or peaceful exsistance. It is your life 24/7.

I very much doubt the Police advised the person who complained what the situation was.

Good on the mother for being so forthright about the letter she received but doing it in such a nice way. Doubt the letter writer would like it if the anonymity was removed at any time.

That wasn’t a nice letter but I liked the mum’s response.

People are such cowards and so judgemental. They have no idea what it’s like for parents, let alone parents of a child with a disability.

If they have a problem at least have the courtesy and decency to talk to this mum face to face. How awful for her to have moved in and be treated like this. Perhaps after a face to face chat they would understand all that is on this mum’s plate and understand that her autistic son is a person not a dog to be ordered around!!

I have seen this all over social media, radio, tv, etc. This is disgusting, disgraceful, hideous and uncaring on so many levels. What kind of society do we live in now? This just breaks my heart for a family trying to do the best for their son. Perhaps the neighbour should spend their time getting to know their neighbours rather than anonymously being a horrible person.

I think it’s a horrible letter, but maybe she did have a teeny point about limiting time in the garden before 6am.

The complainant could have approached the boy’s Mum about the noise and given her the opportunity to explain why it was happening. Did they think she actually had a dog she was mistreating?

All I can think is that person who wrote that letter is the disturbance. What a selfish, ugly hearted person.

How intolerant and without compassion can people be ! Sure, noise can be annoying. But are we just as intolerant towards our neighbour who has a barking dog ? I’m sure dogs can produce just as much noise.

To be fair I can see both sides to this story. It’s not nice to get the letter but it’s not nie to have to deal with loud noises every day either.

Gee that poor mum 🙁