PARIS – After weeks of France's strict lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his house, hoping that he could finally go out.
His explanation: “Too long at home, too hard to wait." Coronavirus lockdown is proving a particularly trying ordeal for children with disabilities and their families who are struggling to care for them at home now that special schools and support programs have been shut down.
Mohammed hasn't picked up the ax again since the incident last month, his father Salah says with relief. But his son still gets exasperated, and says, “I want to break the house down.” The family, like others who spoke to The Associated Press about what they're going through, spoke on