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Calls made for Renfrewshire's parks to be more autism-friendly as campaign is launched to install communication boards

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A Paisley councillor with an autistic son has launched a campaign to make Renfrewshire a more welcoming place for children with the condition.Karen Devine-Kennedy has put forward a motion to full council - which will meet this week - asking for communication boards to be installed in the region's parks.The boards have a number of images and symbols on them that help kids with autism say how they are feeling and what they want to do.As autism is a spectrum, children with the condition face a variety of different challenges but most find it hard to communicate their emotions and some don't speak at all.Karen, whose 15-year-old son Callum used the boards when he was younger, said having them at parks would help carers and parents massively

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