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Received my ASD Alert card in the Post Yesterday.

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over 1 year ago

The back is printed with your two chosen Contact numbers.
The back also explains you may need space or support for the Emergency services.
I mentioned this before in a previous post.
It costs £5 and is a proper plastic card,wallet size.
If you are interested, check your area to see if the scheme is supported.
Proof of Diagnosis is required.

Parents
  • over 1 year ago

    Good idea in principle but in order to be effective there has to be adequate training for the police and emergency services workers who may be shown the card.

    Otherwise it may end up like the recent incident (discussed on here) of the teenage girl in Leeds. The mother informed police the girl was autistic, one officer responded with "I don't care" then 7 others forcibly dragged the girl out of her home and arrested her.

    I found this older 2015 article online. which refers to an autism alert card.

    https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/13345085.man-with-autism-receives-police-pay-out-after-arrest/

    The article says "The man was handcuffed while being transported to the station and detained in a cell for six hours, despite telling officers he had Asperger’s Syndrome and showing them his autism alert card."

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  • over 1 year ago

    Good idea in principle but in order to be effective there has to be adequate training for the police and emergency services workers who may be shown the card.

    Otherwise it may end up like the recent incident (discussed on here) of the teenage girl in Leeds. The mother informed police the girl was autistic, one officer responded with "I don't care" then 7 others forcibly dragged the girl out of her home and arrested her.

    I found this older 2015 article online. which refers to an autism alert card.

    https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/13345085.man-with-autism-receives-police-pay-out-after-arrest/

    The article says "The man was handcuffed while being transported to the station and detained in a cell for six hours, despite telling officers he had Asperger’s Syndrome and showing them his autism alert card."

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