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AN autistic teenager who started writing thank-you cards to health and care workers to deal with his anxiety about the pandemic has now sent almost 600 cards and is aiming for 5000. Patrick Joyce, 16, from Glasgow, began writing to healthcare staff in mid-January to thank them for helping Covid-19 patients. He has received many responses to his cards, including from former Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Patrick’s mother, Indra Joyce, said he had been struggling with severe anxiety stem...

An autistic teenager who started writing thank you cards to health and care workers to deal with his anxiety about the pandemic has now sent almost 600 cards and is aiming for 5,000. Patrick Joyce, 16, from Glasgow, began writing to healthcare staff in mid-January to thank them for helping Covid-19 patients. He has since received many responses to his cards, including from former Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Patrick’s mother, Indra Joyce, said he had been struggling with severe anxiety stemm...

An autistic teenager is asking for the names and hospital addresses of NHS workers so he can send them a thank-you card. Patrick Joyce, 16, from Glasgow, wants to thank nurses and doctors for their efforts to help Covid-19 patients, and his mother said writing the cards will ease his anxiety about the pandemic. Indra Joyce is Patrick’s full-time carer after his father died in 2014, when he was 10. Ms Joyce told the PA news agency: “He wants to write to as many people as he can. Patrick is a...