A mother has hit out at the “ignorant horrid kids” who threw eggs at her autistic son’s bedroom window as he sat looking out.

Linda Jenkin, from Trengrouse Way in Helston, has spoken out in a bid to raise greater awareness of the condition, in the hope that it might make the gang of teenagers think twice about their actions.

It is not the first time that a group of boys, estimated to be aged between 13 and 16, have targeted her 14-year-old son Treave.

During the summer holidays Treave, who likes to leave his bedroom curtains open late into the night, so he can watch the lights at nearby RNAS Culdrose, was the subject of taunts and obscene gestures.

Now, during half term, the problem has returned – only this time in the form of an egg attack.

Linda is certain that the eggs were targeted solely at Treave, as they were only aimed at his window and no other houses in the street were affected.

She told the Helston Packet: “To throw eggs at someone’s window to frighten them or whatever they thought would be fun – any normal child would be upset at that.

“He’s not doing anything, he’s not calling them names or winding them up. They’re seeing someone in their own little world, keeping themselves to themselves and purposely going out to try and taunt him.

“If I could have got hold of those boys... it’s just cruel. Even though he’s nearly 15 you want to protect him as he if he was just walking. You almost want to wrap him up in cotton wool, but you can’t because he needs to realise what life outside the house is like.

“I’m angry, but you also worry about his future. What is going to happen to him when I’m not here, if people are like this now?”

Linda said Treave, who has high functioning autism (similar to Asperger's) and ADHD with sensory issues, had come running into her room after the eggs were thrown, at around 12.15am last Friday, shouting that "the house is breaking."

By the time they discovered the eggs smeared down the window and he went racing outside the gang had already disappeared - but it took more than an hour for Linda to calm Treave down.

"I don't really take him anywhere," she said. "We went to Flambards and someone said he needed discipline and a good smack. He just can't cope with the environment.

"Supermarkets we don't really go to because he can't stand the noise. People don't realise that everything is heightened to someone with autism. They just think they're a spoilt brat.

"He's a big lad and he's holding on to me to feel safe. You get funny looks; adults are the worst ones.

"People just need to be aware that these kids can’t help the way they are. They need understanding."

Linda said, like many people with autism, Treave needed complete routine as even a small change could trigger anger and confusion.

He has hypersensitivity to everything from clothes to food and he attends a specialist school at Blackwater.

"His life is so difficult as it is, to cope with what he's got. And when you have ignorant people that make his life even more difficult, it's just not fair," she added.

Following the egg attack Linda wrote a post on Facebook, explaining: "If it leads to one of them reading it and realising what upset they have caused, one person would be better than none."

In her post she wrote: "Please, if your sons were out or staying at a friend's, ask them where they were and educate these ignorant kids . As a mum I do blame the parents of these horrid kids. Lack of respect for somebody's property and darn right ignorance of mental health.

"Please educate your children or even yourself that it's not fun to be cruel and not everyone, even though they look 'normal', think like you or I, and the upset and stress you cause that person isn't a laughing matter."

She has since been inundated with messages of support, including around 30 strangers offering to sit outside the house at night to try to spot the boys responsible.

"I don't want anyone hurt, I just want it to stop and let my boy keep looking at the lights," said Linda.