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Tuesday 1 September 2015

This 6 year old is obssessed with tearing things and eating them

Little Harry Burlton is quite literally eating his mother out of house and home - by munching his way through carpets, wallpaper and even his bed. Zoe Burlton, 24, has been forced to buy new flooring for her living room because Harry, six, has an obsession with tearing things into little pieces and eating them.

The autistic youngster rips wallpaper down, peels paint from the walls and pulls mattresses apart.
Now his mum is fundraising to build him a 'safespace' with soft surfaces so tough he cannot tear them up.

Zoe, of Paulton, Somerset, said: 'We moved into this house about a year and a half ago and as soon as the carpets were down he started pulling them apart.

'We had to put nails in the carpets to stop him.
'But he has still managed to rip it apart. He finds little threads on it that he pulls up and then he eats chunks. He properly eats and swallows them down.
'We have to get a new one now. I can't even just laminate the floor because he has picked bits off of my mum's laminate and made holes wherever the lines join up.
'We used to have wallpaper but he peeled it. After we took all of that off the wall he started going for the paint on the skirting boards.
'He picked little bits off and ate them. There are quite large patches of paint missing.
'He doesn't eat food much but he eats everything else.'

Harry has a developmental age of one, cannot communicate at all and has no understanding of what he does.
He has no interest in children's toys but fiddles with wires, plugs and other hazardous items.
Harry was born 'normal' but Zoe noticed something was wrong when he reached ten months and could not sit up.
He was diagnosed with autism six months ago and has recently learned to walk, but uses a wheelchair for long distances and cannot speak at all.
As well as having a fascination with carpets, wallpaper and paint, Harry also tears into mattresses, duvets and anything else he can get his hands on.
'He managed to rip up a mattress once,' said Zoe. 'I was in bed and when I checked on him he was still asleep.
'He must have woken up at some point because when I went to check him later there were loads of bits of mattress everywhere.

'He had bits all over his face so I could tell he had eaten some. He got ill after that for a couple of days.
'He also ripped up a brand new quilt yesterday. I went up to check on him and he had all the fluff out of it and it looked like it had been snowing.
Harry has no interest in children's toys but fiddles with wires, plugs and other hazardous items
'If he has something to rip up he will. He just likes to turn stuff into tiny bits so he can run it through his fingers.


Harry has no interest in children's toys but fiddles with wires, plugs and other hazardous items
'Even just taking him out in the garden is difficult. I have to watch anything he picks up because he eats the grass, mud and little stones.
'He can eat things just fine but he can't tell me when he is unwell, he just cries and I have to take him to the doctor because I don't know what's wrong. It worries me.'
Zoe is redecorating at the moment in the hope of making the house safer and aims to provide her son with a 'safespace' - a padded room within a room.
The safespace will be made of soft, blue padded walls that Harry will not be able to tear or hurt himself on if he throws his body at them when he is upset.
Zoe is a full-time carer for Harry and her daughter Eva, two, who is also being investigated for autism. She has raised £900 towards her £8,000 target so far.
'All of it means that Harry will be safe at night. No matter how long it takes to raise this money, this safespace is for the rest of his life,' she said.
'He just needs to be safe. I never know what he is going to eat or do.
'When he is upset he can be a danger to himself because he rocks and cries and throws himself to the floor, so this would stop him from being able to hurt himself.
'He also wakes up in the night and it would be so reassuring to know that when he does wake up he is completely safe.
'It will be such a safer and comfier place for him to sleep and it will also mean more sleep for me.'

  

88 comments:

@MEETD®EALEVANS™ said...


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Unknown said...

Uhmmmm na dog
Auntie linda imagine o!

Unknown said...

Uhmmmm na dog
Auntie linda imagine o!

COLLIN said...

Such a son......

Anonymous said...

They should check him for a type of Iron deficiency Anaemia called Pica!

BONARIO NNAGS said...

He needs serious help, more of spiritual help, his village people are on his case.



~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

He should audition for America's Got Talent season 11..lol.

Unknown said...

Not funny having a little monstef in the house

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Anonymous said...

They should rush to the Synagogue COAN .

Unknown said...

It's crazy. The boy needs more of a rehabilitation

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Unknown said...

He's demonize,he needs deliverance.

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Nsogbu di n'udi n'udi

Unknown said...

Prayer and fasting

Unknown said...

Dis is disorder dat can b taken care of medically...


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Happy New Month!

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Henceforth these shall b ur portion's; completeness, wholeness, good health, peace, safety, soundness, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony and the absence of agitation or discord in ur lives.

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Unknown said...

Dude needs help.. B4 he develops into something monstrous...

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Lord knws if i dash that boy one slap he go must stop that nonsense sharperly...
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Anonymous said...

I support he gaz go for a talent show. Cause this is a rare talent. It comes around once in 200 years.
Gospel™________

Anonymous said...

U nur go use Cain flow im head Correct???... hisssssss

Unknown said...

Lol...the lil boy needs help!

Unknown said...

Lol lemme @bonario his wht? Village people for where

Unknown said...

Eyyahhh. Poor little boy. Apart from autism, he has problem controlling his emotions when angry. A therapy can help fix that. I pray his mom raises the money ASAP. It is well.












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Anonymous said...

Egba logun were

@joeydapoet said...

oyinbosn are dumb....Fundraising,is dat d remedy? the boy needs all d Spiritual help he can get.This is not a normal situation he could grow up to become a hazard to others.

Unknown said...

Mcheeeeeeew, akuko ndi iberibe. Make he belong to a Nigerian parent and lets see if he would still have dat stupid obsession. Nonsense! Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Mcheeeeeeew, akuko ndi iberibe. Make he belong to a Nigerian parent and lets see if he would still have dat stupid obsession. Nonsense! Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Lol

Unknown said...

He needs help obviously

easy nana said...

he needs therapy

Unknown said...

They should find serious solution before one day he would wake up and decided to eat his mother

estellarchive said...

Africans will say he is possesed by a evil spirit but since he is white, i will say he needs medical attention.

Anonymous said...

Abeg, make them flog the pikin. which kain nonsense addiction. Mtschewww!!!

Jules said...

Wonders shall never cease...

Temmy said...

The boy has not seen correct beating in his life ni. They should bring him 2 nigeria and take him 2 one our mountains where he will fast for 40 days, i'm sure @ d point of death he will repent of his ways. Stupid story

Fole Tega said...

Too many people on this blog say senseless things without reasoning.Some people do not have empathy or simply not educated enough to know what autism is.Pray your child or one of your relatives does not become autistic.I feel sorry for the Lady.

Unknown said...

Lol! Nah wolf him be

Unknown said...

God! It's a disgrace and embarrassing that none of you know what autism is about? SHAME!!! What that family needs is prayers to be strong. Try to acquire some knowledge before you comment pls. So gutted

Unknown said...

Crazy

ary said...

He never CHOP slap before!!

Anonymous said...

Poor thing. And as he grows older..he may get more violent. I feel for his mom..a mother's love for her child will do anything.

Anonymous said...

SADLY...there are some what ignorant Nigerian on LIB..with all ignorant comments.
IT CALLed AUTISM. It a developmental disorder. The boy is biting things because he is probably having some sensation in his mouth. My son went through similar phase...his tongue and teeth were on hedge and he needed realief all the time. Thanks God for leading us to an Occupational therapist (here in Lagos).it will pass.
And FYI autism is an epidemic in the world and NIGERIA...you don't see them because you can't tell by just looking at them
1 in 42 boys now have autism.
If you don't understand an issue why not save your data. I should know because I have a child on the autism spectrum disorder.

Pls look it up and you may be a blessing to someone.

Anonymous said...

This is serious, she had better go and check him and see if he is suffering from any type of disease.

Trendyify said...

Strange













it is well

Anonymous said...

Google autism and learn about the condition. Is not spiritual

Unknown said...

Must have started from somewhere without taking caution

Anonymous said...

Kai...Make them take him to T.B Joshua. Its not ordinary

Anonymous said...

Pikin wey the mama go beat well
He come back to him senses
Wish na naija

Anonymous said...

I just don't understand why linda ikeji would duplicate a sentence.
~D great anonymous!

Dabras said...

This is not normal, he needs deliverance.

Tolulope said...

Demons at work

Anonymous said...

FLOG aM

Anonymous said...

Madam go and buy small cane for the small brat ..no be pesin go tel am if na naija u dey misdo like dis

Reptyle said...

Oyibo people and their nonsense. Pikin dey do anyhow dem dey lookam. Na dis kin pikin go grow go begin shook people knife or shoot people come tok say na "voice" naim dey tok to am.

Instead wey dem to give am hot abara slap make em brain enter factory reset mode dem dey dere dey tok nonsense. I trust my mama for dis kin situation...make dem borrow her dat pikin for one month pere!!! His life will never remain the same...lol.

Unknown said...

Someone should please flog some sense into this boy. Spare the rod and spoil the child, so the bible says.

Anonymous said...

Someone should please flog some sense into this boy. Spare the rod and spoil the child, so the Bible says.

Anonymous said...

He needs spiritual help.

I B M bolubantin said...

The boy needs to be taken for deliverance

Golda Awosika said...

African mentality. D boy is autistic.
#*karlishah*

Anonymous said...

All you with some silly comments @ least have sympathy for his mum. It's a disheartening situation and she needs help. Pr

Anonymous said...

Dts pica syndrome. He sud be taken to a psychiatrist

Jasmine Joseph said...

So sad, some daft pple above are laughing, may it never be ur portion to have an autistic child.

Juleslouis said...

Maybe u should go check what autism means before u start to say that.

Anonymous said...

Very insensitive. When u have ur own autistic child you can take him for nigeria's got talent. Gerrarahere! shiiii!!!!

PRESIDENT's DAUGTHER said...

They shud go to the SCOAN synagogue church Tb jousha handles this kind of situation very effectively by Thru God's help he will be fine I no it must rly be hard on the mum at dis point but God is ur strength hopefully u Wud find the money to ur looking 4. Our thots and prayers are wit u guys

Vixen said...

As i read this story all i feel is sympathy for the mom who is a full time carer....i can imagine her struggles and the pain of watching and caring for two kids diagnosed of autism... i pray for strength for her.

Everything Rosham said...

Nnags comment got me laughing.. But dis issue is not funny..

Anonymous said...

Why are we so insensitive to the world around us. I expect that if u don't know much about an issue u Google it. An autistic child is not a dog but a human with developmental challenges. Autism is like an epidemic right now and I pray it doesn't affects u when u start having kids cos of ur very insensitive comment in a bid to be funny.

Anonymous said...

Idiotic Nigerians like Bonario says he needs 'spiritual help'. You guys know nothing about Autism and how to help autistic people. That is why so many Nigerian families hide people with developmental challenges or mental health problems. What the kid needs is love and help and that is what the mom is doing by coming out.

Anonymous said...

Nawaooooo! Doctor biko take am easy. Pica is now anaemia? Tot is a eating disorder.

Susan Idenala said...

God help us

Anonymous said...

For petes sake, he's autistic! Do u all even know what that means? Easy on d silly jokes, it ain't funny!

Unknown said...

Ma heart goes out to al d parents of autistic patients...God bless u all n ur children

Anonymous said...

autistic people tend to be very aggresive though....awww...i think thism is more of a spiritual thing....it could be a sort of demonic possession making him eat things that are not edible....that could cause his harm...may God Almighty deliver him in Jesus name...Amen o

FINNY aka SWEET TROUBLE said...

Aaargh please be careful bfor he eats up ur certificates oooooh.

Anonymous said...

I CANNOT with these comments, some of you should educate yourself and if you haven't educated yourself yet, pls be quiet and stop saying things you might regret later. Everything shouldn't be a joke Nigerians

Unknown said...

He might be processed

Unknown said...

He might be possessed.

Anonymous said...

chthonophagia

Anonymous said...

U re d dumb one here, must everything b spiritual?? Succumb to reason other than over religion n dats only wen u can talk sence

Unknown said...

am sure the little boy have evil spirit that is controlling him
he need to be deliver

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Unknown said...

He is not obsessed anything..he is just spoilt and she didn't do anything to stop him..now he has become worse in the stupid behaviour he has.... it's just her stupid excuse of not training her child

Unknown said...

LORD HAVE MERCY!


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Chi chi said...

Thank you annonymous 12:52pm.

The insensitivity of my fellow Nigerians still shocks me to my bone marrow.

Linda should also always post definition about a disorder when she decides to post stories such as this. She is always to lazy to do proper research and hence just lift stories and dumps them here.

Autism is a neurological disorder which is characterised by lack or limited social, communication skills as well as behavioural and hyperactivity challenges such as one described above.

The impulse control displayed by the child is not because they intentionally like to be destructive or because he is a 'dog'.

With proper early intervention the child can live a productive and independent life.

Unknown said...

too many illiterates on this blog. too daft. they cant even improve their knowledge. pls google is your friend.

Unknown said...

all these illiterates on this blog, am so dissappointed. google is your friend pls. Autism isnt spiritual . gosh

mzcreamy said...

Biko pica is an eating dsordr......

Unknown said...

He really needs help....

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