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Roisin Cullen

Mam of autistic son 'fears worst' after being denied medical priority on housing list

The mother of an autistic, flight risk son fears for the worst after her family were denied medical priority on Dublin City Council's housing list.

Tanya Brady's non-verbal son Ryan climbed out of the fourth storey window and escaped from their flat on multiple occasions. Young Ryan had previously sprinted of the building and onto the busy road outside with residents frantically chasing him.

She explained to Dublin Live that the family were recently shown a property in Phibsborough which as equally unsuitable due to the busy traffic just metres away. And the worried mam says she lies awake at night imagining her worst nightmares coming through.

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