‘We haven’t seen him since March’: Amy Willerton reveals her heartache over not being able to visit her disabled brother during the pandemic as she hopes he can ‘finally come home for Christmas’
- Ross, 26, has an ultra-rare condition called mosaicism, in which his cells have a different genetic makeup
- He has an extra chromosome and has the mental age of a one-year-old. Ross also suffers from severe autism
Amy Willerton has revealed her heartache over not being able to see her mentally disabled brother since March.
The mother-of-one, 28, took to Instagram on Monday to explain why and said she believes ‘young people in care homes’ have been forgotten during the pandemic.
Ross, 26, has an ultra-rare condition called mosaicism, in which his cells have a different genetic makeup.
‘We haven’t seen him since March’: Amy Willerton revealed her heartache over not being able to visit her disabled brother, (bottom left) during the pandemic and hopes he can ‘come home for Christmas’
He has an extra chromosome and has the mental age of a one-year-old. Ross also suffers from severe autism.
Amy hopes her family will be reunited with him at Christmas because she misses him so much.
She wrote: ‘I want to share something with you about a group of people that I truly believe have been forgotten about during this #pandemic and that is young adults in care homes.
‘I don’t like to complain’: Amy shared this lengthy post explaining what she and her family have been going through
‘Those who are not considered high risk and yet meet the same strict measures that have been placed across all social care.
‘None of my family have been able to see my brother since March. So these zoom meetings are the only contact we’ve been allowed with him.’
She continued: ‘Although garden meets were possible at one point, if Ross were to come within 2m of us he would be immediately quarantined for 2 weeks.
Love: Amy pictured with her brother Ross at Christmas in 2018
‘As he has the mental capacity of someone Demy’s age explaining to him that he can’t touch us is impossible.
‘And he loves his walks, he loves going outside, so would never want to take away that for him 🙁 …
‘There are so many damn unfair , crazy scenarios in this whole saga that show more and more how our society can only see the status numbers and not the individual.’
She concluded: ‘Leaving so many feeling alone in their struggles. I hope so much that something changes soon to recognise this happening and look at individual cases.
‘So our Ross can finally come home for Christmas. I don’t like to complain.
‘I know how lucky I am … but we all miss him so much. Just feel very helpless to help x #theforgotten.’
Growing family: Amy and fiancé Daniel welcomed their young daughter in January