A 10-year-old boy could win an award for his heroics after he saved his mother's life.

Leza Fitzpatrick, 37, believes she would not be alive today if it was not for the actions of her son Myles, after she collapsed and stopped breathing.

Myles, who also has ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder) dialled 999 and took instruction on how to carry out resuscitation as his mother lay unconscious on the floor during a severe asthma attack.

He was alone with his sister Katrina, 15, and brother Luke, 12, and staying at a friends in Mayfield as the family prepared to move into a new home.

So the quick-thinking youngster, a special needs pupil at Northlands Wood School in Haywards Heath, even had to grab some mail to find out the address so an ambulance could find them.

Paramedics are now putting him forward for a bravery award.

Leza, now of Kilnbarn Way, Haywards Heath, said: "We're all very proud of him. The paramedics said if it wasn't for Myles I wouldn't have survived.

"His school have been making quite a fuss of him. He's become a bit of a local hero and he's shocked quite a lot of people.

"But he's actually still quite emotional about it. He says to everyone 'You'd do the same if it was your Mummy'."

A sever asthmatic, Leza also suffers from a poor immune system after a number of operations in the past two years.

She collapsed despite having taken strong medication for her condition.

Myles rang 999 and relaid instructions from the paramedics to his sister Katrina to help revive her. She carried out a chest massage and the kiss of life.

Luke then ran up the dirt track outside to lead the ambulance in.

Leza said: "Katrina was panicking but apparently Myles just said 'We've got to do this for Mummy'.

"I just remember trying to fight for air and not succeeding. My lungs weren't taking in any oxygen. It was an experience I certainly wouldn't want to endure again.

"I don't think people understand how difficult it is for someone like Myles to receive instructions, especially without eye contact, so what he did was absolutely amazing.

"Autistic children get mixed up quite easilly but the 999 operator said Myles repeated everything he said word-for-word so he didn't get confused."

An ambulance crew from Crowborough put Leza on a nebulizer and gave her steroids to help her lungs absorb oxygen.

She then spent the night in Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells.

A spokesman for South East Ambulance Service said: "Myles made and managed a 999 call which probably saved his mother from long-term harm.

"What he did is even more noteworthy as he is autistic."