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- Former Scotland footballer Pat Nevin says his son's autism was never kept a secret. But, until recently, it was never public knowledge. While the winger starred for Chelsea, Everton, Kilmarnock and Motherwell during the 80s and 90s he was concealing the struggle of supporting his son in an era when people were not so aware of the condition.
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Jun 6, 2023 · Former Scotland footballer Pat Nevin says his son's autism was never kept a secret. But, until recently, it was never public knowledge.
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Jun 6, 2023 · Football pundit and former player Pat Nevin did not speak publicly about his son's autism for three decades. Former Scotland footballer Pat Nevin says his son's autism was...
Jun 2, 2023 · Pat Nevin has opened up on his son's life with autism Credit: Getty. Nevin, who also played for Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Tranmere Rovers, has two children with long-time wife Annabel,...
His son Simon, 33, has autism, and Nevin has now decided to talk publicly about it, after consulting his wife, Annabel, the font of patience and common sense he fell in love with when students in Glasgow in the early Eighties, and Simon himself.
Mar 26, 2024 · It also includes chapters on how he and his family dealt with his mother’s cancer diagnosis, and the news that his young son had autism.
Jun 10, 2023 · It features Simon, his autistic son, who is now 32. ‘It was private, not secret,’ he says of Simon’s condition. The decision to make it public rested with his son. ‘There was a wonderful moment when we got the book and I read him a bit about him and his old friend, Davie, driving to Hibs matches. He listened and walked away to his computer.
May 20, 2021 · The memoir takes us through a happy upbringing with four siblings in Easterhouse, to the east of Glasgow. Patrick Senior and Mary Nevin, Pat's loving and quietly principled parents, emerge as heroes in the story — giving their son the moral compass that has served him well.
