Kerrie Morrison made the decision to get her dark brown locks tinted bright blue as part of World Autism Awareness Month
A mum-of-four may look like she is feeling blue but she is happy her radical new hairdo is making waves.
Kerrie Morrison, from Middlesbrough, made the decision to get her dark brown locks tinted bright blue as part of World Autism Awareness Month.
“Blue is the colour associated with World Autism Awareness Month and on a personal level I have a son with the condition and I wanted to give something back locally,” said Kerrie, who lives in Netherfields with her children, Owen, 18, Warren, 16, Kathryn, 14, and Cara, seven.
Kerrie, 37, has raised money in the past for Gleneagles Resource Centre in Saltersgill, where Warren, who has autism, goes for respite breaks.
She suspected he had autism from when he was eight months old but he was first diagnosed with ADHD and then with autism when he was four years old.
“He is severe in some ways,” said Kerrie, a full-time carer and voluntary worker at Parents 4 Change Middlesbrough.
“He is verbal which is good but he will only speak to you on his terms, for example, we have had our neighbours for six years and he has only just started speaking to them. It’s very hard with strangers and health professionals.”
As a mum of four children all with special needs, Kerrie felt inspired to raise money for the autism charity MAIN, which has supported her family, and she decided to do so through a sponsored hair dye.
“Everyone thinks I’m barmy for dyeing my hair blue,” said Kerrie, who had a permanent blue hair dye put on by Michelle Hall, owner of Making Waves hair salon owner at the Southlands Centre in Middlesbrough.
“I came home to stunned silence from the kids. Kathryn actually likes it and Cara calls me Marge Simpson. Warren just looks but doesn’t say anything.
“They’ve all been very supportive and knew why I did it.
“It’s still a shock whenever I see myself in the mirror. I’ve had a lot of people staring - but it’s worth it if I’m raising money for kids like mine.”
So far Kerrie’s hair-raising stunt has raised almost £160 for the autism charity.
Anyone who would like to help Kerrie raise money for MAIN can do so via http://ift.tt/1h54Jdg.
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