Published on 12, July, 2020
I am totally prepared to start a campaign if there is not one to support ASD Adults going to court on criminal convictions. There are NO specialist solicitors. The Police are dreadful not trained completely for ASD. The courts need to improve advocate support inside then just a solicitor alone then generally get guilty pleas instead of looking at the whole. ASD sadly do not always have a voice and always go along with solicitors bad advice. I would like to see solicitors and courts support cases where ASD and social isolation to be taken seriously in any charges and always seek reports as protocol when is known ASD person is before the courts. Can anyone help me know how to improve the system where guilty pleas are forced then the truth and innocence is lost due to ASD going along with early guilty pleas when innocent to criminal convictions then the entire?
I have just recently gone through a 2 1/2 year hell ending up in court and convicted i had no support and my ASD counsellor believes it should never have gone to court she's contacting a guy called Luke Breardon who is an ASD specialist and a fighter of injustice to people with autism look him up it maybe of interest to you
My petition:
Improve management of Autistic spectrum in the criminal justice system
The Autism Act 2009 looks at improving the management of those with the condition in the health and education areas, but fails to address, the problems of their management in the justice system
The crimes committed by those with ASD can sometimes appear bizarre, and ASD defendants may not fully comprehend what they have done wrong or even that they will be prosecuted for their behaviour .There is often serious concern over whether ASD defendants can form the requisite criminal intent and therefore whether they should be culpable for their actions The police and the justice system do not understand ASD behaviour https://www.purdueglobal.edu/blog/criminal-justice/autism-and-the-criminal-justice-system/https://www.purdueglobal.edu/blog/criminal-justice/autism-and-the-criminal-justice-system/ https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JIDOB-02-2014-0002 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221916701_Autism_Spectrum_Disorders_and_the_Criminal_Law
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