Severely non-verbal child told he doesn't have a school place for second year in a row

The mother of a severely non-verbal child has expressed her anger after being told that her child could not be offered a place in a school which meets his needs for the second time.

Eileen Mulligan from Ballynahinch said that her son Reuben missed out on nearly two years of nursery school because there was no spaces available in a school which met his needs.

Now the family say that they have been told by the Education Authority that Reuben won't have a place in a primary school which meets his needs as there are no places available.