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The mother who cannot hug her boy: How lockdown has put 100 miles between a devoted mum and her disabled son

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hereFor now, they are communicating via Skype, with sign language and an iPad talker.They've been able to say I love you, using sign language, and have even worked out a way to give virtual 'hugs', but it's still hard being apart."I miss him and he misses me," said mum-of-three Jane, a writer and consultant, who is married to Andrew, an investment advisor."I'm talking to him over Skype once or twice a day, and his dad is too."James is 20 and you could say he has the mental age of a two year old but he's far more mature and complex than that."He understands that something's going on and that I'm not allowed to visit him, and he does know that he's loved."When I use sign language to say 'I love you' on Skype, he turns to his carer and presses.

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