Boxing dad Mark Wilson raising money for the National Autistic Society...

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Boxing dad Mark Wilson raising money for the National Autistic Society with charity bout inspired by five-year-old daughter Maisie

A PADGATE dad is set to strap on the gloves for a charity boxing bout, inspired by his five-year-old daughter.

Mark Wilson will be raising money for the National Autistic Society when he steps into the ring in an event at the Park Royal Hotel in Stretton later this month.

The fight comes after his eldest daughter Maisie, who goes to Bewsey Lodge Primary School, was diagnosed with ADHD, a condition commonly linked with autism.

Rylands Sharks open age chairman Mark boxed at a similar event in February last year at the Select Security Stadium in Widnes, raising £1,300 for charity.

He is hoping to raise a similar total this time around for the NAS.

Mark, 44, said: “We’ve known for some time that Maisie had something wrong but it’s only recently that we’ve had a diagnosis of ADHD.

“I just want to highlight the amount of kids who have got autism and that many who are undiagnosed.

“Autism isn’t something to shy away from – kids who have it can go to college and school and universities, it’s just a condition you have to deal with.

“I think there’s a bit of a stigma attached to autism and I think that’s what the NAS are trying to tackle by bringing it to the forefront.

“It’s for a good cause so I don’t care whether I win, it’s just to raise some money for charity.”

Mark is now well into his eight weeks of training at Smithy’s Gym on Bewsey Road ahead of the bout, which takes place on Sunday, February 26.

He also thank the Warrington Parents and Carers Association for their support of Maisie.

The Avery Close resident added: “Without their help we would not have accessed half of the resources we have for our daughter.”

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he sounds like a great dad,like so many of todays parents who are better informed on autism;my dad would never have done that in my name.

just thinking but i wonder how much of the money he raises will go on supporting autistics and not on funding the top staff?
does anyone know?

as much as i like him,mark is a bit to optimistic about the spectrum,he says we can go to school,college and university; those of us who have/had severe and profound autism will have complex needs and very likely comorbid learning [intellectual] disability which all puts us below the level of mainstream college, and certainly not university,of course there are multi skills courses for people like me in FE colleges BUT the government took away the funding for adults with LD a while ago so this means they only accept up to 25 yrs old on their courses,on top of that-if you have severe challenging behavior which if you are severely or profoundly autistic you will have; you will not last long on the courses for people with LD;i got expelled from one at a mainstream college because of my behavior despite having two support staff to myself at the time .

so to end my large waffle [sorry i only realise i do this every time after writing it], no;autistics cannot go to college,uni etc however SOME can!
- and speaking of which there is quite a significant number of autistics with complex needs [mild, moderate, severe, profound] who cant attend school for whatever reason to do with their autism,i was denied placements in playschool because of my autism and i was regulary suspended from primary school, i was expelled from a special school at 15 and never found another placement,i would have been better off having my own specialist teacher at home but they didnt do that back in my day.