Published on 12, July, 2020
Quite an interesting interview with someone trying to access an assessment. The government is apparently putting £4.2M into autism services, it’s mainly for children and young adults. I fully understand children should get the support they need, we should all get the support we need.
news.sky.com/.../long-waiting-lists-and-no-support-the-struggles-of-suspected-autism-patients-13037569
It's encouraging to hear about the government's commitment to allocating £4.2 million into autism services, especially with a focus on children and young adults. Adequate support is crucial in ensuring individuals on the autism spectrum receive the necessary resources to thrive and navigate the challenges they may face.
£4.2 million is woefully inadequate, the devastating Tory cuts to the NHS since 2010 have left a £37 billion hole in the system. That's why everything is such a mess right now. Suddenly trying to inject money back in to fix their own mess is too little, too late.
This is classic Tory propaganda.
It's like with the police force. Theresa May cut 21,000 jobs and then there was a huge spike in crime. Then the Tories announced they were hiring 10,000 new officers to make it look like they're doing something competent for once.
This is common everywhere from what I've noticed. Things get worse and worse, but a *slightly* better offer is made once in a while so people suddenly feel like they're getting something but if you sit back and look at the longer picture you'll see that as a net you're actually still way down from where things were. That's not to say we shouldn't be somewhat grateful for something to mitigate some prior losses but it's important to recognise when things are still below what they were.
As someone who's been interested in gaming for years one example that I am reminded of is how additional post-release monetisation got more exploitative, egregious and whatnot that stuff which would definitely cause an outrage a decade ago would actually praised as being a breath of fresh air. For example, once upon a time selling additional exclusive gun skins in Call of Duty was hugely controversial in the first game that added some (skins used to be earned from playing the game and getting things like headshots) and there was a lot of resistance at first. Then after years of adding mystery boxes you can buy with random items in them, 'battle passes' and more becoming normalised when a new videogame comes out but is 'just' selling a skin for a fixed price people praise it as not being like the rest of them. I know it's not really the same, but yeah, never forget how far things have fallen.
It's kinda like if you had money in shares and they dropped 50% and then grew back by 10%. You'd still be relieved you got that 10% bump back up a bit but you're still down from when you first put your money into those shares so it's not exactly a celebration.