East Belfast residents will Stay Out for 24 hours this weekend to support autism services in their area.
Members of Helping Hands Autism Support in Dundonald will be sleeping out in their local Asda car park this weekend in an effort to raise funds for its resource centre along with raising awareness around the condition on World Autism Day on April 2.
The charity was set up by a group of "mum's on a mission" in 2008 who found that there was a lack of support for children with autism in East Belfast and decided they were going to do something to address it.