a level playing field

Dear Sheddists,

a few weeks ago Ben and I meet a lady and her autistic son at Aston Villa.  She tells us about her efforts to promote 'A Level Playing Field', a charity dedicated to disabled sports fans.

We stand proudly beside her on the side-lines earlier this afternoon as young representatives of the charity parade its flag around Villa Park.

It's a poignant reminder of the very first time I took Ben to Villa Park as an eight year old to watch the plucky boys in claret and blue defeat the might of Crystal Palace.  He's thirty one now and we still follow the Villa through thick and thin. It's a very special place for us, a place where Ben is accepted lovingly by the season ticket holders around us as just another Villa fan - a place where his learning disability is no bar to being part of the Villa family.

Let the pictures tell his story.

Yours as ever,

electrofried(mr)