Danny Briggs, the Blast’s all-time leading wicket-taker on how he balances cricket with being a father to home-educated neurodivergent children Interview Adam Hopkins
MY ELDEST SON WAS DI-AGNOSED WITH AUTISM AROUND THE AGE OF FIVE OR SIX. My wife and I had an inkling from the age of three onwards. School didn’t suit him. He needed support just to go because he found it so hard.
HE HAS PATHOLOGICAL DE-MAND AVOIDANCE. In simple terms, any demand you put him under, asking him to brush his teeth, for example, has to be framed where he has the control. It’s about taki...
