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Lack of post diagnostic adult assessment as standard practice (legal obligation) and support post diagnosis

IrishInManchesterUK
10 months ago

I’m wondering what people’s thoughts are on the issue of post-diagnostic autism assessment, as a basic standard practice for both adults and children alike, which should be a legal obligation for those tasked with diagnosing autism, in both private and public health settings, in respect of both adults and children with autism - without a post diagnostic assessment, one has no idea what one’s support needs are and therefore there is no way to legally enforce one’s entitlements to have reasonable adjustments put in place, for example in employment - we are totally reliant and dependent on the goodwill of charities to provide the support that we need which should be a legal requirement within a legal framework and as certain basic minimum standards that are legally enforceable - autism experts should be brought in to help design proper support and assessment as well as helping to draft laws that will force society to properly provide for us by properly having support structures in place, the proper implementation of which will be backed up by force of law - current laws are simply not good enough and given the statistics, this situation is even more unacceptable - aside from campaigns for increased funding, campaigns for legislative change should be launched 

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  • 10 months ago
    IrishInManchesterUK said:
    current laws are simply not good enough and given the statistics, this situation is even more unacceptable

    Yes, but unfortunately this follows 13 years of Conservative rule and they've just launched yet another wave of disability cuts for the less fortunate. And on and on it'll go. This government has no interest in autism, all they care about is the 1%. Our current PM has, on record, described the Equality Act 2010 as "woke" - that's what we're dealing with.

    My stance with work is if the employer is being obnoxious, I leave the business and go to a more progressive environment.

    Hopefully in future we can have a more open and caring society, but that'll require a significant change in government before we make any steps towards that.

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  • 10 months ago
    IrishInManchesterUK said:
    current laws are simply not good enough and given the statistics, this situation is even more unacceptable

    Yes, but unfortunately this follows 13 years of Conservative rule and they've just launched yet another wave of disability cuts for the less fortunate. And on and on it'll go. This government has no interest in autism, all they care about is the 1%. Our current PM has, on record, described the Equality Act 2010 as "woke" - that's what we're dealing with.

    My stance with work is if the employer is being obnoxious, I leave the business and go to a more progressive environment.

    Hopefully in future we can have a more open and caring society, but that'll require a significant change in government before we make any steps towards that.

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  • 10 months ago in reply to Deleted user

    Welfare reforms announced at the Autumn Statement include:  

    • Uprating working age benefits in line with September’s CPI index figure of 6.7%.
    • Uprating state pensions in line with September’s earnings figure of 8.5%.
    • Increasing the Local Housing Allowance to cover the 30TH percentile – worth an average of £830 per year.
    • Expanded jobcentre support including intensive help for those on Universal Credit
    • Introducing the Chance to Work Guarantee, which will tear down barriers to work for millions of claimants to try work with no fear of reassessment or losing their health benefit top-ups.
    • Increasing mental health support for jobseekers by expanding NHS Talking Therapies treatment and the Individual Placement and Support programme, supporting almost 500,000 over five years.
    • Matching 100,000 people per year with existing vacancies and supporting them in that role through Universal Support.
    • Rolling out WorkWell to support people at risk of falling into long-term unemployment due to sickness or disability.
    • Reforming the Work Capability Assessment for new health benefit claimants to better reflect the opportunities available in the modern world of work.
    • Stricter sanctions for people who should be looking for work but aren’t engaging with jobcentre support.


      sorry but there is no cuts in the budget infact most of that is actually raises instead so quite the opposite to what everyone claims.... the cuts people are refering to is expecting you to look for a job which you agreed to do anyway and you already supposed to do.... so there no changes to that as thats already in place, just a load of people are worried they will be found out to be fraudulently  claiming benefits they wasnt entitled to, such as people who claimed pip by ticking boxes like they require assistance to go out or to go to the toilet, that has to be proven one day and always did have to be... you cant just lie in life to get a free life off others backs, its fraud.