Feels like everyone's just waiting for this kid to fall to his death

In this episode, we return to Latoya. 

Latoya was featured in the first episode of this podcast. 

She has an incredibly active 7-year-old autistic son who runs, climbs to incredible heights, barely sleeps and just about never stops. 

Latoya also has a 4-year-old daughter who is also very likely autistic. She has just been referred for assessment. She is also very active and copies her brother. 

The family lives in a second-floor council flat, which the boy (and possibly the girl, as time goes on) is going to fall from, sooner or later. 

For years, Latoya has been begging Hackney council to move the family to a ground floor place that has a bit of a backyard. 

The boy can't fall from the ground floor, obviously. And if the place has a backyard - even a small one - Latoya can put a small trampoline there for her son to jump on for hours. 

If he does that, he sleeps and then she can sleep. At the moment, she gets a couple of hours sleep a night, if she's lucky, before she gets up at about 5am to go to the first of her cleaning jobs. 

WHY won't Hackney council move on this? 

Why won't Labour tax, tax and then tax major corporations to pay for the social housing people need? The hell with their election promises. Life, and certainly early deaths, matters more. 

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Music credit: all music in this podcast is by © Concrete Uncle

Episode artwork is by Latoya's autistic son.