A REDDITCH mother who spent months battling to prove her innocence after being accused of faking her son’s autism is holding an unique event to help raise awareness and educate people about the condition.

The evening of poetry and spoken word includes performances by those who are on or support people on the autism spectrum is being held at Bromsgrove’s Artrix on Slideslow Drive on Monday, February 20.

Guest speakers include performance poet Janine Booth who has an established catalogue of work dealing with autism and Redditch man Tom Bowes, a public speaker, autism advocate, writer and vlogger.

Bowes runs a Facebook page called Autistic Genius, where he creates videos explaining the different traits of autism.

Doors open at 8pm. Tickets cost £8.

For further details on the show or to book tickets, visit artrix.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-dance/voices-autism-in-spoken-word.