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Wes Streeting's move against autism - NAS - time to step up

mrs.snooks

I'm aware that this discussion may get a little heated, but I hope that it stays away from getting too much so. I do not mean to cause offense or lead to any arguments. So here goes.

I woke up to this morning's headlines: 

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to launch an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services in England.

I haven't added the link to the article as I know this will trigger a delay to having this posted. But I'm thinking you will have seen this this morning. 

I am so angry on so many levels. And I am hoping that the NAS is angry too and can respond to his move with a firm and robust response. Because.

Now, I am going to call it out. Mr Streeting, I think that this is what I would be calling: Discrimination. Discrimination with a big, fat capital D. Discrimination against a marginalised group. A vulnerable group. That deserves your protection and that you should have our back. As the HEALTH secretary. Shame on you. Shame on you.

I may not respond to any responses to my thread, if it gets too heated. And I am happy for the thread to get locked or removed.

It's time to Step Up.

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  • I was diagnosed ADHD last year and Autistic last month. I'm 54 and have been on SSRIs, SNRIs and mood stabilisers since I was 19. Countless CBT / talking therapies which never helped. Receiving diagnosis has brought many challenging emotions, which I'm still not dealing with very well but I at least thought that I would have a better understanding of myself and a new ability to speak about the things that I have always struggled with. This rhetoric from the Health Secretary has left me feeling untrusting of anyone outside my immediate family, as the kind of language used and more importantly, the ease at which rhetoric is spread by supposedly reputable media, is so readily absorbed into into "fact" by anyone unwilling to question baseless statements and accusations. I am heartbroken tonight 

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  • I was diagnosed ADHD last year and Autistic last month. I'm 54 and have been on SSRIs, SNRIs and mood stabilisers since I was 19. Countless CBT / talking therapies which never helped. Receiving diagnosis has brought many challenging emotions, which I'm still not dealing with very well but I at least thought that I would have a better understanding of myself and a new ability to speak about the things that I have always struggled with. This rhetoric from the Health Secretary has left me feeling untrusting of anyone outside my immediate family, as the kind of language used and more importantly, the ease at which rhetoric is spread by supposedly reputable media, is so readily absorbed into into "fact" by anyone unwilling to question baseless statements and accusations. I am heartbroken tonight 

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