A mother has been left panicking after McDonald's announced it would be axing plastic cutlery in all its UK stores. Tricia Finnigan said her autistic son Alex, 28, who is non-verbal, loves the fast food chain's plastic McFlurry spoons - and has been known to get violent if he cannot get hold of one.
This has left Tricia, from Maghull near Liverpool, fearing how her son will cope when the plastic spoons are replaced with paper ones - a move that started being gradually rolled out as of Tuesday. For more than 10 years, Alex has carried a McFlurry spoon everywhere with him and uses them to "reduce his anxiety", the Liverpool Echo reports.
Tricia says Alex is normally placid, but he can become violent, hitting his head, if he can't find one. The 60-year-old has been buying them from McDonald's for £12 a box, while friends and family will also collect them for her to give to Alex.
