Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I am an autistic adult who is a parent. Since having my daughter I went through a terrible time with social services who set me up to fail and removed my daughter from me because I have a diagnosis of autism. It took me two years to fight for my daughter back and through this time social services and Cafcass used the so called deficits of my autism to justify the removal and to stop the return of my daughter. Thankfully the judge saw through this and returned my daughter concluding in her judgment that I parent my daughter to a high standard.
I want to know how many my adults will autism who are parents have been through a similar situation. How many parents with ASD and other disabilities and or impairments are being targeted by social services and having their children removed? If you have experienced this please tell your story because the current system is outrageously discriminative against parents who have a disability and or impairment and I would like to raise awareness of the current failures within the current child protection system which is targeting parents with disabilities and or impairments so that change can happen.
I have a friend who is going through the same thing she has just had her daughter taken away from her she is mildly autistic and she is a good mum
We live in Manchester and social services made her move to Liverpool so she would be on her own they wouldn't allow her to speak to anyone until her daughter is asleep and they check her phone
Like all people who cook she accidentally burnt a pizza she through it away and they used it in court against her and removed her daughter she is now in foster care this is all so unfair
If the child was dirty ,unfed,ignored and unloved I could understand but she's none of those things
If there is any advice you can give her It would be a great help
Get a good lawyer!