Published on 12, July, 2020
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.
Thanks Def Leepard and Sparkly!
I live in Cumbria- I'm sorry, I should have been more specific!
Thank you though!
Personally i would hold up my card to the Police and shout....DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY !
There is no indication in the article that he was kicking off or resisting arrest. I imagine it would be a huge shock to him when officers boarded the bus he was on.
"the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) concluded that JP should not have been handcuffed during transportation as it amounted to excessive force."
He was awarded an out of court five figure settlement by the police. Without the card it may not have been that much, as police could have argued they were not aware.
Yes but if He was kicking off and resisting then an Alert card will not be a get out of jail free card.
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."
Beat you to it, na na na na na
For those who have trouble communicating during an emergency.
im not sure why this is needed. why does the police need to urgently know someone is autistic? how will they use this info?from what i gather, the police and government often think of autistic people as potential terrorists that they assume can easily be brainwashed and influenced by evil people to do harm to others. so i dunno, this type of thing only makes me think it will be used to discriminate against you rather than help you, but then again i am pretty cynical and distrusting lol
Pegg - Have just stumbled across the following, which may be worth a read. From what I can gather, ASD alert cards are supported by Cheshire Constabulary and Merseyside Police.
https://www.npaa.org.uk/alert-card-schemes/
There you go Pegg.
For West Midlands.
I was told by ASD follow up appointment that it is currently active in the West Midlands Pegg.
In the North west, it's bound to be the last to take part in the scheme...
It's a slow pace of life round here!
Bless ya.
Hi Pegg.I was told the scheme is gradually going Nationwide, but only with co-operation with the Emergency Services.My badge number is just under 10,000 so you can see it is fairly new.Which area of the u.k do you live ?I will inform you as soon as i can get the info for your area.
That looks useful.
I am waiting for diagnosis, so I can't get one yet... but I'll probably find the scheme isn't supported in my area ... it's rubbish!
I'm disabled, get PIP, entitled to absolutely nowt where I live - not even a blue badge!
It's so unfair...