‘It’s been a real rollercoaster’: navigating autism in the Covid-19 chaos

A sense of routine is essential for Morgan Tilly, who has non-verbal autism. So when coronavirus restrictions hit, her family had to create familiarity amid the uncertainty

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  • Morgan Tilly, 24, loves to swim. She seems to have a physical, sensory need to be in the water.

    So every day during lockdown her mother, Catch Tilly, would scour websites to see when South Australia was reopening its swimming pools. And every day they remained closed, she and Morgan would go to the nearest beach, usually Semaphore in Adelaide, even for 10 minutes. No matter the weather, they would change their clothes in the disabled toilets and enter the water.

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