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Autistic boy's dream playhouse Christmas present destroyed by 'cowardly' arsonists 26 Dec 2013 10:28 Fiona and Wesley Ratcliff saved for months and, along with generous family members, spent hours installing a summer house complete with lights, music and a padded floor for little Harvey, seven.
The parents of a child who suffers from severe autism were left devastated when arsonists set fire to a shed they had converted into a sensory room for his Christmas present. Fiona and Wesley Ratcliff saved for months and, along with generous family members, spent hours installing a summer house complete with lights, music and a padded floor for little Harvey, seven. But when they went to unveil the gift on Christmas Day morning they found heartless robbers had not only stolen equipment but set fire to the shed in an attack police have branded 'disgusting and cowardly'. Distraught Fiona, 34, said Christmas had been 'ruined' for the family, of Culmere Road, Woodhouse Park. She explained: "Harvey is autistic and suffers from Phelan-McDermid syndrome. He has a processing disorder and he doesn't recognise danger. "Sometimes he forgets skills he's learned and there are mornings when he wakes up and cannot remember how to walk."
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