Jane and Graham Ackinclose have their hands full.
Any parent of four children would say the same, but their lives are extra hard.
The Blaydon couple welcomed triplets in 2012 and when they were around six-months-old, they began to realise something was wrong.
While daughter Emily was thriving and hitting milestones, sons Will and Sam seemed to be falling behind.
Eventually when they were three-years-old, they were diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and severe learning difficulties.
Now six, while they are able to walk they are non-verbal and struggle to communicate.
"It's like talking to a newborn baby," Jane, 38, said. "Will can take your hand and lead you to what he wants but you can't give either of them instructions.
"It's hard because if they've hurt themselves, they can't tell us. But to us, it's our normal.
"If they were like Emily we'd find it odd. We're used to this being them."
Accountant Jane and IT manager Graham, who also have Holly, 16, have to do everything for Will and Sam so to make their lives a bit easier they are having a downstairs extension built.
It will include a bedroom each for the boys, a sensory play room and a bathroom.
To complete it, they desperately need a specialist bath which will make everything so much easier.
The bath is controlled by electronics so the boys can be placed in and then it is raised up - meaning they won't have to lift them up and bend down.
At the moment, Jane and Graham have to carry the boys upstairs and lift them into the family bath.
"It's only getting harder the bigger they get. They're heavy and almost the size of me and they're only six," Jane said.
But this specialist bath would cost almost £9,000. The family were referred to the Sunshine Fund by their occupational therapists for help.
The charity, which specialises in funding specialist equipment for local disabled children, have chosen the boys to benefit from their Go Bananas campaign this month.
Throughout June, they are hoping to raise £40,000 to help change the lives of children like Will and Sam.
Jane said: "It's a lot of money. Most people would never be able to afford these things. It's not £20, we're talking about hundreds and thousands of pounds here."
