they are not very effective at communication, so it takes a lot of intuition to figure out what they need. the headlines: britain's prime minister boris we have a lot of meltdowns. johnson is back at work after recovering from coronavirus. 0h, did he throw it? he says there are "real signs" child cries did he drop it or did he throw it? that the country is passing he dropped it. through the peak of the pandemic. when there are two autistic non—verbal children, he warned that lifting the behaviours can be exponential. the restrictions too soon could lead sometimes they to a new wave of deaths. play off of each other. it's alright, it's alright, it's ok. president trump has said china could have stopped the coronavirus before the twins were born, from spreading around the world, we were just a family of four. and that serious investigations are under way into and we had the two older brothers beijing's actions. mr trump was speaking outside who kind of sort of got along, the white house in his first briefing since friday. but not really. after the twins came, he also announced plans the dynamic changed to increase testing. to this really sweet, el salvador‘s president has ordered officials to adopt tough new measure as criminal gangs seek ca retaking dynamic. to take advantage of the pandemic. more than 50 people have been killed in three days of violence in the tiny central american country. nearly half of the deaths and especially as the twins got older and they stopped developing, or their development was very slow, were reported on friday. we all kind of began to understand that the twins were going to need a lot more.

as we heard, borisjohnson urged people not to lose patience with the lockdown, but there's concern that some people are doing just that. police in north yorkshire say # twinkle twinkle little star... they received abuse over the weekend as they tried to turn people for a long time, away from beauty spots. so is the lockdown falling apart in some areas? we didn't have any support. our north of england correspondent we didn't really talk about the twins, danny savage reports. pretty much only my closest friends knew that the twins the signs have been up for weeks were special needs. but, after a prolonged period, it seems a minority of people and for a long time, have had enough of lockdown. i thought i could fix them, that it was just one police officer on duty this a developmental delay, weekend took these pictures that i could give them the right near the village of malham, supplement or the right food after she put a stop or the right therapy to this barbecue, with and they would catch up. a number of visitors but over the course of maybe from out of the area the last year or so, i began to realise, sitting around it. and i think my husband and i began that particular party to realise was broken up just over there, that this on top of malham cove. is who they are. and it's not something that one of the police officers on duty you can fix, it's how they're wired. here on saturday has we began to come to terms written on social media with their special needs, about what was said to her, and it shows that some their autism. they're so precious, even though they may be different — people are getting fed up different, not less. with the lockdown and others they're just different, that's all. just don't want to abide by the restrictions.

recounting her day on duty, the officer said... and people need to see the story, people need to know that you can make it work. we can make it work. we started talking about taking a trip, how should we do it, this is our 20th anniversary. we have come through so much it's come as little surprise asafamily to the manager of one that we wanted to go as a family, of the pubs in the village. and just enjoy each other. there's a lot of vulnerable so, we felt like people in the village. it was time to go on a trip! a lot of farmers. it's taken us a long time it's their livelihoods, they can't be ill. to come to the point you know, they need to be out there looking where we were ready. after their livestock. and quite a lot of older people in the village as well. so, the locals we've never flown with the twins are really concerned. it's also felt that police motoring advice — before so we are kind of nervous in which it states the time and excited about getting on a plane. you spend driving should not ok, so let's do each... exceed the time you because they're autistic non—verbal, spend exercising — they function on about the level has muddied the waters. of an 18—month—old. so they are a lot of work. people feel more righteous, and they have got a copy of the guidelines that have been issued, and they are taping them to their windscreens and they are challenging the way our schedules, officers when officers our work schedules and are trying to encourage them the school schedules to go back home. for the kids work together, it's perhaps no surprise that people in urban areas are growing frustrated

with the restrictions. carol, who lives in leeds, there's not a whole lot of days is sticking to them, every month but says it's hard. where we're all together at the same time. we have little bits, an hour or two here at the end because we don't even have of the day, if they've not balconies, so we can't fallen asleep already, sit on the balconies. but whole days don't and they do assume that happen very often for us. everybody‘s got a garden, a few years ago, or everybody‘s got... but we haven't. all we've got is a communal green where we can go. we went to the beach the rules surrounding going out haven't changed, for a couple of days together, but the last few but they were very small. days have shown that some people's to break routine for an autistic interpretation of them has. child is...can be disastrous. so this gives us an opportunity to break routine only for a little while and try it, and see how now on bbc news, the travel show. the boys cope in a different environment, and still have some of their comfortable surroundings — they will have us and the older boys and some of their familiar objects, but be in a different place, and see if we can start taking longer trips. 0k, how are we going to do an aeroplane? somebody has always got to take care of one of the twins, another person has to take care of the other one, and then who is going to take care of all of the things

child crying we take with us? what do we need to take, what snacks are going to have? i'm amber and my husband is frank. do we take the blankies, do we take toys, do we take the ipad, things to we live outside of keep them entertained? birmingham, alabama. we actually got in touch we have four beautiful boys — with the airline that we were going frankie who is 17, stephen who is m, to use and talked to a co—ordinator and then we have a set of boy twins who let us have a trial run who are four years old, through the airport, which was phenomenal. and they are non—verbal autistic — it was the most fabulous idea their names are alex and will. anyone has ever come up with. we are the ellis family. i had been pretty fearful, but after that day, ifelt much better and i thought, i think we can do this. my husband and i have known each other since grade school. we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college and this is our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys, 00:04:37,110 --> 2147483051:39:03,271 we have not been on a trip 2147483051:39:03,271 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 in a really long time. we can make it work, we can get on a plane and go on a trip. it's gonna be stressful and there's going to be meltdowns. .. cries hey, hey! it's ok!

if they melt down, how do we deal with the people around us, how do we let them know that it's really 0k, and that we're actually 0k with meltdowns, we just have to keep them calm and soothe them as much as possible. because you worry about the people around you, that you're offending people or...and you worry about being judged. look how handsome you are! just to know that somebody understands is so helpful, and you all of a sudden don't feel so crazy. they're autistic, so they come with their own needs, you know? so we're going to take the whole family, for the first time, to a special park called wonderland in san antonio, texas. it's a special needs park and they have lots of fun things for specifically special needs children, very wheelchair accessible. there's a lot of different ways

it could go, you know, with their very strict routines that they happen to have, going outside of that a little bit will stress them a little bit, and you just kind of have to roll with it, so... i'm looking forward to it primarily because it's a new thing that we haven't done before, so it's kind of like, challenge accepted, let's do it. it is the fun for him is "let's do this, let's see if we can accomplish it." so it'sjust his personality, but...it is a lot of fun! i've played too many strategy games. everything is pretty ready, we'lljust have a nice, quiet evening, finishing up any last details, and then we will be ready for tomorrow. cries 0k...let‘s get your hair all pretty. all handsome. cries we are going to go on our trip! and you're gonna be so handsome. can you sit up for me? you are going to be so handsome.

he is so upset because he wants to go get in the car. where are we going? are we going on a trip? are you ready? 0k. all ready! i have the food, the boys‘ clothes, our clothes, ipads, the blankies, we have the wagon. i think that's everything. i think that's everything! ok, let's go. so we went outside to load the car and pull up to the main porch, and i couldn't crank the car, it wouldn't crank. told the husband, can you come and look at the car and try to fix it? and of course he worked his magic and got the car running again. i was so nervous up until this point, but we've prepared so much, and we've already seen a little bit of meltdown because he's actually wanting to go, so i think it's gonna

be really good. everything went fairly well, and we allowed enough time for any problems that might have popped up, like the car. so we are still running very early schedule, we'll get to the airport probably at about two hours before we board the plane. so, we are going to fly out of birmingham and fly to houston. the flight from birmingham to houston is a relatively short flight,

it's only two hours. from there, we will rent a truck or some kind of vehicle, and drive the rest of the way to san antonio. ok, i might be getting a little nervous now. we are at the airport and we're pulling into the parking deck, so it's really real, we're going to do it. 0k! frank sr, frankjr, stephen, alex, you and will. yay! look at that lens. got it? one more time, look at the lens. ready? it's kind of a healing time for ourfamily. we can go on this trip together. the older boys have such a sweet dynamic with the little boys. ok, ok, thank you. instead of patting them down, they put this little solution on them. cries. i am so sorry, i am so sorry! but two toddlers is difficult. when you add non—verbal autistic, it just makes it exponential.

i always feel this sense to rush and get everything packed. we have plenty of time. i kind of have to emotionally prepare myself. i'm so relieved that part is over! now let's just get to the gate. you kind of carry out anxiety in the back of your mind of, how is it going to go? just kind of be ready to roll with the punches, whatever happens, just be ready for anything. travelling for toddlers is difficult. and two toddlers can be really difficult. when you add non—verbal autistic it just makes it exponential. so it has taken us a long time to come to the point where we were ready. will has noise—cancelling headphones, he has strong sensory issues with hearing.

you can tell it's painful. we're probably going to have a meltdown or two. we might have some vomit, we know it might happen. but the flight from birmingham to houston is a relatively short flight, it's only two hours. and the boys do like car travel. ok, now we're on the fast part. we're about to go fast. up into the air. are you ready? let's do it. whatever happens, just be ready for anything, and just kind of be ready to roll with the punches. ok, it's going to be a little bumpy. you're doing so good.

things are going really well. one boy is asleep and the other is almost asleep. naptime is a good time to fly. we like the idea of getting into a trip and driving the rest of the way to san antonio. it's about another two and a half hours‘ drive, and then we'll go to the park.

did you sleep with big brother? you did? what did you think? is it time to go play? it is. time to get some clothes on. he's going to grab my hand and try to walk us out the front door. it's time to go, alex is ready. the worst part is over. the anxiety i was experiencing was mostly about the flight. woke up this morning, ready to prepare for the park. then we'll hop in the car and go. he knows we're going somewhere fun. we're headed to morgan's wonderland, which is a theme park in san antonio, texas, for special needs children. lots of fun things for children of all cognitive levels to experience. morgan's wonderland came

about when the founder, gordon hartman, sold his construction company and was able to devote all of his time to building this park for his daughter. she was developmentally delayed. and he made this wonderful playground in her honour and for her, and opened it up to the world. this beautiful park with a carousel, a ferris wheel, train, with sensory fun things and everything that small children and big kids alike would love to come and have fun. it was almost as if it was built for us. so where do you all recommend we go first?

do you like it? oh, my goodness. what do you think? alex is in his happy place because he loves trains so much. we will probably ride the train at least five times today. so tell us more about the park and how you came to build morgan's wonderland. well, actually, it occurred many years ago when maggie, my wife, morgan

and i were on a trip. and morgan wanted to go swimming. morgan and i jumped in and we were having fun, just splashing around in the water. there were three other kids at the other end of the pool, two of them were throwing a ball back and forth. she wasn't able to verbally communicate and say, hey, i want to play, can ijoin in with you guys? so she hit the ball. so they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it wasn't a normal way of saying, hey, i want to play. and the look on morgan's face was, dad, i don't understand, ijust wanted to play. and it saddened me because ijust wanted my daughter to be able to play. so where could we go? we couldn't take her to a water park because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. so how do we develop a place where those who have special needs and those who don't can all come together and play in a fully inclusive environment? and it was those discussions, those chit—chats, those meetings, they turned

into what we now have here today at morgan's wonderland. that is so amazing. and since then, people from all over the united states and literally all over the world make special trips to come here. in an environment that is just different than any other environment in the world. right. whoa, alex, look! what do you think? this is amazing. alex really likes, you know, ipads and things like that that he can manipulate. so when he came into this room, there's not a lot of extra noise but there's a lot of things he can touch. you did it! i'm so proud of you. we started travelling with him when he was six months old.

before we really knew he was autistic. so he's very used to it. so by the time we did have a diagnosis he was so used to travelling. so you just accommodated him to it. ijust met danielle who has a five—year—old boy who is also non—verbal autistic. we had a really fun time catching up. my new friend, we just friended each other on facebook. it was lovely to talk to her, so many similarities, how do you do this? it is better if you try to align the flights with his normal sleeping times. we found that out. yes. other people on the plane, sometimes, to get people who are less understanding... yeah, i was pretty worried about that. but it is pretty rare, i would say. it's great to find a community, in this setting, where we can talk and make new friends. so, we ran into a mother here, we got to talking and we kind of both had autistic children,

she said there was another place really close by that we ought to check out. so i think we're going to head on over now and check that out and see how our kids like it. i had a lot of fears going into this trip. we have a special needs child, and you can't predict their behaviour, and you especially can't predicted in public around other people. and it didn't happen. that park was made for children like them. so we felt safe. that's one thing we really have trouble with sometimes, we don't really feel safe taking them to the normal places where regular children are. to be honest, they are having a lot more fun than i would've thought. normally to get them to have this much fun is kind of rare, we have to do the little things,

make weird noises, that's the only time they'll be laughing and smiling this much. but this whole place has that effect. i was literally terrified that we would get into a situation where they'd be melting down, lots of tears, really loud, a complete emotional breakdown for the world to see. but it didn't happen, everything was much more calm than i thought it would be. they slept on the plane, they had a lot of fun on the theme parks, theme parks were built for them. they welcomed them with open arms and let them enjoy themselves.

hello. april thus far, for the most part, has been marked by dry, warm, and sunny days but the forthcoming week brings something completely different as we close out the month. significant spells of rain — it will generally speaking feel a wee bit cooler, too. but at least the pollen levels will be reduced from the sort of levels we've seen of late. eventually we will be looking towards the atlantic for our weather but in the short term it is coming at us from the near continent and across the channel. certainly as we start the new day on tuesday, there will already be cloud and ran across the southern counties of england and wales, relatively mild her underneath clearer skies across the north—east of scotland, maybe with a touch of frost with temperatures below zero. up to dry and bright to start with across the northern half of the british isles, showers developing across scotland and northern ireland and the north

of england but further south, notice how dark some of those blues are. it will be quite a wet day and the temperature suffering as a consequence, eight, nine or ten underneath all that rain. and it will be really quite wet — ten, 15, possibly 20 mm of rain which eventually will drag its way away from the eastern side of the british isles but come wednesday, we will be looking towards the atlantic to see another belt of rain after a dry enough to start, the rain eventually moving through the south west of england, wales, into northern ireland, on towards the midlands to the south—east of england. in fact, many areas seeing rain before the day is done except perhaps the central and northern parts of scotland, maybe a parting shower here but essentially it is much drier. come thursday another pulse of rain will be working its way in on the southern flank of that low. the position of the low itself open to a little bit of interpretation just at the moment but if it comes a little bit further north, there's some really quite strong winds that will push in across southern parts of both england and wales and down towards the channel islands.

another fairly unsettled day for england and wales. for scotland and northern ireland, it is much drier with some sunshine until later on where we push the rain into the northern isles. by friday, that low pressure is moved away but again there is the chance of pretty hefty showers coming into northern ireland, wales, the south west of england, some rain further north in scotland and perhaps something drier through central and eastern areas with the temperatures just trying to recover. by next weekend it will stay showering and pretty cool, too.

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boris johnson, is back in downing street, after his own fight against coronavirus, to tell the country now is the moment of maximum risk. i refuse to throw away all of the effort, and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the nhs. president trump used his first coronavirus news conference since friday to accuse china of failing to stop the spread of the illness. as the number of confirmed global cases passes three million, we compare how different countries are tackling the pandemic. el salvador‘s president cracks down on criminal gangs