Another hit piece by the media "millions paid benefits without ever having to find a job"

I empathise with the posts on this thread - as someone who has had a later in life autism diagnosis in 2021 and has still not had a post-diagnostic assessment to determine my level of autism and any appropriate support required, which should be a basic legal requirement and entitlement, we are still left in limbo, we are forced into a “one size fits all” system, like a “square peg into a round hole” trapped into situations which are totally inappropriate for most of us - it comes from a point-blank refusal of those in positions of power to understand anything about mental health issues and disability and where most of society derides any support for us as hand-holding, they believe and maintain that the only way to manage our autism is by means of ultra strict discipline at every level and in every way, even where this is perceived as abusive and a myth, a misconception - with increased numbers of adults being diagnosed with autism in later life, in the coming years with an elderly autistic population this is going to become a serious problem where most of the better autism support is focused way too much on children, both public and private - this is a situation that must change, as it is a denial of basic human rights - scientific and technological advances do not make up for the failure of attitudes to change, which need to radically change - do we really have to write begging letters to powerful people to get any kind of support? 

I empathise with the posts on this thread - as someone who has had a later in life autism diagnosis in 2021 and has still not had a post-diagnostic assessment to determine my level of autism and any appropriate support required, which should be a basic legal requirement and entitlement, we are still left in limbo, we are forced into a “one size fits all” system, like a “square peg into a round hole” trapped into situations which are totally inappropriate for most of us - it comes from a point-blank refusal of those in positions of power to understand anything about mental health issues and disability and where most of society derides any support for us as hand-holding, they believe and maintain that the only way to manage our autism is by means of ultra strict discipline at every level and in every way, even where this is perceived as abusive and a myth, a misconception - with increased numbers of adults being diagnosed with autism in later life, in the coming years with an elderly autistic population this is going to become a serious problem where most of the better autism support is focused way too much on children, both public and private - this is a situation that must change, as it is a denial of basic human rights - scientific and technological advances do not make up for the failure of attitudes to change, which need to radically change - do we really have to write begging letters to powerful people to get any kind of support?