The dad of a non-speaking, autistic boy has had the alphabet tattooed on his arm so his son can always communicate with him.
Dan Harris, 45, had the £180 tattoo completed on his left forearm two weeks ago after he became concerned that son Joshie, 10, can't always tell him what he wants.
Joshie, who was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old, uses an iPad, also known as his 'talker', to communicate his needs using simple words and pictures.
However Dan said the iPad can run out of charge or become damaged or lost which means that Joshie is left without the means to express his feelings.
Dan, from Peterborough, Cambs, said: "Joshie comes into my room and touches my arm first thing in the morning to check the tattoo is still there.
Dan Harris, 45, had the £180 tattoo completed on his left forearm two weeks ago after he became concerned that son Joshie, 10, can't always tell him what he wants.
Joshie, who was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old, uses an iPad, also known as his 'talker', to communicate his needs using simple words and pictures.
However Dan said the iPad can run out of charge or become damaged or lost which means that Joshie is left without the means to express his feelings.
Dan, from Peterborough, Cambs, said: "Joshie comes into my room and touches my arm first thing in the morning to check the tattoo is still there.
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00:00and for the joshie man we wanted to record authentic family reactions and
00:05Charlotte the lovely girl has just got in the car what do you think what don't
00:12you like my love why my love and anything else oh okay well that's not the
00:20reaction I was expecting but I appreciate it anyway
00:23B what butterfly you you you T T
00:34E, E, E, R, R, F, L, Y.
00:51Butterfly.
00:52Well done.
00:53Hi Joshy, what's that?
00:54I say, daddy.
00:55Oh, an alphabet.
00:56Look, yeah, you're right.
00:57And I say, daddy.
00:59I say, daddy.
01:01Oh, an alphabet.
01:03Look, yeah, you're right.
01:04A, C, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, what's that?
01:21O, P.
01:23P, well done.
01:25Hi, it's Dan Harris here from Neurodiversity and Business.
01:29I'm here with the Joshy Man today.
01:31And it's the thrill of our lives to be going to different places around the country
01:35and randomly seeing these communication boards installed.
01:39So Joshy, tell me, do you want to go?
01:42I won't go.
01:44Where do you want to go?
01:46Well, Joshy's trying to communicate.
01:48And it's a wonderful thing that these things are going up all around the world.
01:52So please do look at our website.
01:54They are free.
01:55We're obviously not charging for them.
01:57And, you know, they're really impactful.
02:01Get a lot of people talking about autism.
02:03But importantly, let our non-speaking autistic people access the community better.