Fear and Auties

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A Lincolnshire family with an autistic son said plans for wind turbines near their home had prompted them to move to another county.

BBC News - Wind farm fear prompts family with autistic son to move

Potential effect
"Because it is clear from our clinical knowledge of the condition of autism that the sensory difficulties individuals can have are possibly going to be impacted on by the presence of such large sensory objects in their environment."

West Lindsey District Council said it would consider the application in the coming months.

Ermine Farms Ltd said it was looking to improve the sustainability and long-term financial viability of its business and did not think proposal represented a prominent or visually intrusive feature on the landscape.

In 2010 an application for a wind farm at Burton upon Stather in North Lincolnshire was turned down because of its potential effect on autistic twin boys.

BBC News - Wind farm fear prompts family with autistic son to move

Eight-year-old Stephen Walker?s miniature Jack Russell, named Tina, has been described as his ?soulmate? by Stephen?s dad, also called Stephen.

The brown and white puppy dog was let out from the back of Mr Walker?s Windsor Road home, in Seaham, for a morning walk at the weekend.

But after playing with other dogs she then went missing.

Mr Walker, 35, who believes Tina may have been snatched, said: ?She runs out the back and plays with the other dogs but when we went out she wasn?t there.

Autistic school boy devastated by loss of ?soulmate? dog

?Stephen is really, really upset.

?He keeps crying for Tina to come home.

?He only got her when she was five or six weeks old and she?s his little soulmate.?

Mr Walker has now informed the police and the local authority as well as kennels in the area to alert them in case Tina shows up.
?We just hope she does come back because Stephen is so upset about it,? added Mr Walker.

?He?s not eating or sleeping it?s affected him that badly.?

Six-month old Tina went missing between 10am and 11am on Sunday.

Autistic school boy devastated by loss of