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Jan and her son Peter. Epilepsy Scotland says their anger over being forgotten by the system in the pandemic is not uncommon amidst families affected by learning disabilities. JAN Sproule hasn’t taken her adult son Peter to the supermarket in months. The 26-year-old has epilepsy, autism, asthma and Landau Kleffner syndrome, a rare condition which occurs in one child in a million. The pair live together in Glasgow, where Peter, Jan says, “lights up my world”. She fears his complex learning disabilities mean it’s “too high risk” to take him to do the weekly shop as Covid-19 rages on.