Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. May 27th 2016. A Dundee woman has planned to live inside a glass box at the Tesco store for 50 hours to raise awareness of autism. Meg Jones has a brother with Asperger’s, giving her a first hand glimpse of what it’s like to live with the condition. She will confine herself in the 3×2 meter glass box inside the Tesco Extra store at the city’s Riverside Drive from 12pm on May 26th till 2pm on May 28th. Credit: Dundee Photographics / Alamy Live News


The 21-year-old, who studied acting at Dundee College was inspired to carry out the stunt by the work carried out by Caudwell Children, a charity supporting disabled children and their families. Autism is one of the country’s most prevalent disabilities with 133,500 children currently diagnosed with the condition in the UK.


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