Did you know that in the UK each day 6,000 people start looking after someone? Whether it’s looking after a child with a disability, a partner with a chronic condition or an elderly parent who is vulnerable, more of us are becoming unpaid carers for someone close to us. The figures are suprising - one in eight workers in the UK is now a carer. If you are reading this and you are not a carer, know that you may become one at some point in the future, or one of your friends or colleagues will. My eldest daughter is autistic, pre-verbal, has severe learning difficulties and sensory processing disorder.