My name is Kelly Lynch and I’m a Mother of three boys, my middle son, Cameron, has an Intellectual Disability and is on the Autistic Spectrum.

In February 2021 I posted this photo of Cameron on my Instagram page Lynch_Mob_Mumma this is my page dedicated to living with a child with additional needs and has proved to be my day to day therapy. I posted the photo of Cam wearing a hoodie I made up for him with #AutismClub.

The idea was to prevent people making the wrong assumptions when I’m out and about with Cameron. Cam often portrays some 'unusual' behaviours such as stimming, humming, walking up and down in lines, jumping up and down and very often touching, cuddling or even hitting others.

I always feel the need to explain why he’s behaving in this way, so I thought, rather than telling everyone my child is autistic I’ll create something myself that will tell people for me!

I don’t HAVE to explain this to anyone but I like to, I don’t want people thinking he’s naughty or I’m a bad mother so I’d rather be loud and proud!

Soon after I first published the photo, I received an amazing response from other mums and families whose children also live with Autism and I realised there is a huge demand for this concept as well as raising awareness!

Come join the club. Everyone is welcome!