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barnet mental health trust no longer works with people with ASD

peterainbow

so after having to fight to get a proper assessment so that i could get targeted help, having got that barnet mental health trust have now chnaged it's rules and now no longer offers help to people on ASD

this seem like discrimination to me, i now have to go and get my GP to go and argue with the main NHStrust or something, so basically it won;t happen

i suffer from sever depression and anxiety and although my psychs help has been limited, he has at least made me feel that i'm not on my own, he told me today that he can no monger accept appointments to see me as i am ASD, he doesn't agree with this but this is what BMHT have told him...

surely this cannot be right, i now have nowhere to go...

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  • They are breaking the law.  All health care trusts (or at least areas) have to, according to the Autism Act and the Autism Strategy, offer an autism care pathway.  They are not allowed to just diagnose you and then ignore you.  Anyway, it's likely the issues you need support with are co-morbid mental health issues such as anxiety and depression which you have every right to have help from them for too.

    Challenge them and quote the above, while you're at it, ask them for their opinion on the "Leading Rewarding and Fulfilling Lives" strategy.

    Longman will probably have some input on this, perhaps mods could pop on and guide OP on how to deal with this.  Perhaps NAS could intervene?

    OP, there is obviously NHS PALS to complain to but I am sure you can get this resolved before it gets to that.

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  • They are breaking the law.  All health care trusts (or at least areas) have to, according to the Autism Act and the Autism Strategy, offer an autism care pathway.  They are not allowed to just diagnose you and then ignore you.  Anyway, it's likely the issues you need support with are co-morbid mental health issues such as anxiety and depression which you have every right to have help from them for too.

    Challenge them and quote the above, while you're at it, ask them for their opinion on the "Leading Rewarding and Fulfilling Lives" strategy.

    Longman will probably have some input on this, perhaps mods could pop on and guide OP on how to deal with this.  Perhaps NAS could intervene?

    OP, there is obviously NHS PALS to complain to but I am sure you can get this resolved before it gets to that.

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