Mrs Hinch recalls single message from stranger uncovered her son's diagnosis
03.04.2024 - 07:49
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sophie Hinchcliffe, best known as Mrs Hinch, has recalled the exact moment she discovered her son has autism - and it came from a message from a stranger on social media.
On World Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday (April 2) the cleaning influencer shared a selection of snaps and videos of her eldest son Ronnie, four, to Instagram. The first sweet snap saw Ronnie planting a kiss on his, whilst in the second he was shown as a tiny baby with his mum sleeping next to him.
Sophie then shared other snaps of her son from throughout his four short years as well as an emotional video of Ronnie telling his mum he love her as she accompanied her doing her makeupas before she wrote to her fans and followers: "I’ll never forget the exact message I randomly landed on from one of my followers back in 2020, when Ron was just 15 months old..."
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The mum-of-two, who also shares younger son Lennie, two, with husband Jamie, then revealed the message as saying: "Mrs Hinch, welcome to the world of autism. I hope you don’t mind me sending you this message, but I believe your Ronnie is autistic."
Sophie, 34, continued to share with her 4.8 million followers: "I knew next to nothing about autism at the time. I was selfish in my little understanding. Ronnie was my first baby and I knew no different. From that day on, I could not forget her words.
"I started researching online and reading everything I could find about autism. The more I read, the more I discovered a fire in my belly that I’ve never felt before in my life. That fire has never left me. As the months passed