‘I nearly said no to circus tickets – but they changed my daughter’s life’

Freya is a neurodivergent child who adores this relaxed performance circus (Picture: Supplied)

Scrolling Facebook one Saturday morning, mum Sian Griffiths spotted that someone was giving away a couple of free circus tickets.

‘They had posted that they couldn’t make it any more and didn’t want them to go to waste,’ she tells Metro.

While most parents would have jumped at the chance of getting their hands on the free tickets, Sian was a little hesitant.

The single mum wasn’t sure if her young daughter would actually enjoy the noise and commotion that came with a circus.

Sian had first spotted Freya’s aversion to certain sensory things after she began weaning her as a baby.

‘She used to eat everything, but then around 14 months old, she ...