New Statutory body as an alternative to the NHS for mental health and hidden disability

And one more thing to add before I bail out to walk my dogs.

The centres should fundamentally be tasked not just to help the person that comes there negotiate the problems they encounter.  They should address the systemic problems they encounter that cause them....

One thing that would stop issues ia if ALL staff in All Buisnessea had to understand all disablitys but Bo they go on a crap awareness course where a man in ansuit twoks them what aswers to give Eto pass a one page test

This is the very reason why urgent amendments to the Autism Act 2009 must be made, with far greater enforcement powers (in a similar way to the health and safety laws) and with massively increased provision for police investigations and criminal prosecutions of senior management who are found not implementing the provisions correctly - only when we as autistic people have ever more draconian laws to protect our rights will we ever get anywhere - there is no point in having laws unless they are properly enforced and there also needs to be greater monitoring and supervision of senior management specially provided for in any amendments to the Autism Act 2009 

Another key issue is public education, awareness and understanding in relation to all mental health, hidden disability and neurodivergence issues, that is already very poor and in many respects it’s very similar to coming out as gay, yet despite there being a higher than average percentage of LGBT people being neurodivergent and having other mental health issues, awareness and understanding even within the LGBT community is still very poor - I recently disclosed my autism diagnosis to a group of friends recently and I got back throwaway remarks like “well I was always a “mad” child when I was growing up” - because of this lack of education, awareness and understanding of these issues, it’s perpetuating a refusal to acknowledge and understand the issues because it’s regarded and perceived as “negative” where such people seem to think that it’s simply a matter of developing a “positive mental attitude” in order to invalidate our struggles and to make us feel “wrong” as if our arguments “have nowhere else to go” - it’s these kind of mindsets that must be continually and robustly challenged in every way and at every level if we are to make any real progress and get us the help and support that we need and deserve 

Another key issue is public education, awareness and understanding in relation to all mental health, hidden disability and neurodivergence issues, that is already very poor and in many respects it’s very similar to coming out as gay, yet despite there being a higher than average percentage of LGBT people being neurodivergent and having other mental health issues, awareness and understanding even within the LGBT community is still very poor - I recently disclosed my autism diagnosis to a group of friends recently and I got back throwaway remarks like “well I was always a “mad” child when I was growing up” - because of this lack of education, awareness and understanding of these issues, it’s perpetuating a refusal to acknowledge and understand the issues because it’s regarded and perceived as “negative” where such people seem to think that it’s simply a matter of developing a “positive mental attitude” in order to invalidate our struggles and to make us feel “wrong” as if our arguments “have nowhere else to go” - it’s these kind of mindsets that must be continually and robustly challenged in every way and at every level if we are to make any real progress and get us the help and support that we need and deserve