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Police & Autism

kellyb26

I was recently arrested by the police,i told them I was autistic and they said "welllll I can't see anything on your medical records" I asked them to phone the local hospital i was diagnosed at and they said "they'll be nobody there we can't ring around" now would this be discrimination or not? or something else I'm just so confused and need answers they were just very reluctant to acknowledge my Autism 

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  • kellyb26 said:
    now would this be discrimination or not?

    If it is not on your medical record then the police are not discriminating.

    They acted to verify the information and if what they said was true then they would think you are lying and would look more harshly on you.

    To work out what is actually happening I sign up for the NHS site so you can see them online:

    https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/view-your-gp-health-record/

    This probably assumes the GP was the one who put you forward for the assessment though - if it was private or a different practice then it may not show up there.

    If it was private then you were the one who should have asked for a copy of the diagnosis to provide to your GP to have it added to your records as it is not automatic in this case.

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  • kellyb26 said:
    now would this be discrimination or not?

    If it is not on your medical record then the police are not discriminating.

    They acted to verify the information and if what they said was true then they would think you are lying and would look more harshly on you.

    To work out what is actually happening I sign up for the NHS site so you can see them online:

    https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps/view-your-gp-health-record/

    This probably assumes the GP was the one who put you forward for the assessment though - if it was private or a different practice then it may not show up there.

    If it was private then you were the one who should have asked for a copy of the diagnosis to provide to your GP to have it added to your records as it is not automatic in this case.

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