Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Baba vakaroverwa 'pikey' mukati mekukakavadzana kworuwa pamusoro pemwenje yeKrisimasi vachadzibatidza usiku huno. Kevin Franklin, wokuDunstable, Bedfordshire, anoti achavheneka magetsi ake manheru oga oga muna April nokuda kweMwedzi Wokuziva Autism. Mwanakomana waVaFranklin ane makore gumi nemashanu okukura Bradley ane autistic uye mhuri yacho inoda kushandisa kuratidzwa kwake kwemwenje yeKrisimasi kusimudzira kuziva kwemasangano anobatsira anoshanda nevane urema. Kevin Franklin achabatidza mwenje yeKrisimasi pamberi peimba yake manheru ano nokuda kweMwedzi Wokuziva Autism. Baba vane makore 53 okukura vakaisa mwenje paimba yavo yomunzvimbomo muna November apfuura mukugadzirira Krisimasi. Asi haana kuabvisa muna January nokuti aida kuvadzorera muna April nokuda kweMwedzi Wokuziva Autism. Kuvapo kwakapfuurira kwemwenje mumavhiki apfuura kwakatsamwisa vamwe vavakidzani, kuchikurudzira tsamba yepeni ine muchetura mwedzi wapfuura. Yakanga ichiti: 'Ndaneta nokuona mwenje yenyu yeKrisimasi inosemesa yeimba yamakurukota. NdiMarch, nokuda kworudo rwaMwari. Imba yako inosiya iyi nzanga inofadza ichiita sechinhu chinonyadzisa. 'Rinoratidzika serudzi. Inobuda sechinhu chinorwadza pachigunwe. Handidi kuramba ndichityaira ndichipfuura nomunzvimbo ino inotyisa, nguva dzose pandinopfuura, vana vangu vanodanidzira. Ndinoziva kuti unogara muimba yomunzvimbomo, asi hapana chikonzero chokuiita kuti iratidzike seimwe.' Tsamba yacho yakaguma nokuti 'Ndinokutendai nomwoyo wose, mugari wemo asina kugutsikana.' Baba vacho vakaramba varipo pashure peKrisimasi pamberi pevhiki yeautism, zvichikonzera kutsamwa kwevamwe vavakidzani. Kuvapo kunopfuurira kwechiedza, kwakakurudzira mumwe mugari womunzvimbomo kunyora iri shoko rinonyomba kuna VaFranklin. VaFranklin, avo vakasiya basa nokuda kwezvikonzero zvoutano pashure pokurohwa nesitiroko kaviri uye kurwara nomwoyo, vakati nhasi: 'Ndichabatidza magetsi manheru ano panosviba ndobva ndaadzimazve panenge pa10 manheru. Izvi zvichaitika muna April wose nokuda kweAutism Awareness Month. 'Ichocho chakanga chiri chirongwa changu nguva dzose uye ndicho chikonzero nei, shure muna January, ndakasarudza kusaabvisa nokuti ndaiziva kuti ndaizovaisazve muna April. 'Ndingadai ndakadzima mwenje pashure paApril asi zvino...
Baba vemwana ari kuyaruka ane autism vakaramba vakabatidza magetsi eKrisimasi kuti vanhu vazive. Asi muvakidzani akashatirwa akamutumira tsamba yokumutuka achivati'munhu anokuvadza' Iye zvino anoronga kuvashandura kuti vatsigire Mwedzi Wokuziva Autism. Aimbova mutengesi wezvokudya anoti achavachengeta kusvikira gore rinouya 'pasina nheyo'