Sally – Interview 15  

Sally – Interview 15

Age at Interview: 57
Sex: Female
Background: Sally is married and has two daughters and four grandchildren. She works as a Church Pastor. Ethnicity/nationality: White British.

Brief outline:Sally’s grandson, aged 7, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old.

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Sally has a different relationship with her grandson because he was her first grandchild.

 



Well as I said before, I feel I have a different relationship with Ben because he is the oldest. He’s my first grandchild. I try and respect his, his what he wants to do. I try not to, I try not to sort of inflict myself on him, because sometimes he doesn’t want to be cuddled and fussed about, because he doesn’t like it, and he’s getting too old for it. He’s the grand age of seven and a bit. You know, he doesn’t want to be hugged and kissed by his nanny any more. But yeah, I mean I just think he’s such a beautiful child and his outlook on life is so, so different because of the autism, and sometimes I think it’s so very special the way he looks at things. He’s got a huge sense of logic and you know, he, he can see ways of doing things that perhaps other people wouldn’t, and I am besotted with him [laughs]. I’m a doting nanny [laughs]. Very doting.

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