Their event will be for all children aged 15 to 17, and will be held at The Quarters in Leominster next month. This truly touched my heart, as a child who was also banned from her school prom and missed the experience. On behalf of all children who never got to experience this, we would like to thank you, thank you for caring, thank you for stepping up! ALSO READ: What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here .
Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. Our beautiful brains A meticulous moving machine Running like clockwork A beast from within A human life support machine But what happens when you tick differently? Scorned from an adolescent For refusal for my brain to process systematically A daunting battle of my sanity Shattering a child’s self confidence Masked as a figure of authority With the spectrum of difficulties so vastly ranging Hardly equates to the sparsity of support Our children drowning in a system that cannot cope with their needs Despite the battle to make it through the years The belittlement, self loathing, scars and tears Achievements, pridefulness, skills acquired An emotional rollercoaster All while experiencing different hormones Now imagine despite difficulties out of your maturity level of understanding Being told because of obscene regulations Your right to exit your transition from an adolescent and a teenager into adulthood with your peers is stripped from you And you’.