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 

I think seat belts and smoking bans are a lot less nuanced than legislating for hidden disabilities as it's a simple yes/no thing, As we've seen here what one person finds a normal part of life and the things they use to assist them in daily life, another person finds immensly triggering. How would those things be balanced out?

We have enough problems with who uses which toilet without outing yourself as an abuser by using a particular door, or the victim of abuse by using another, and what about if you accidently use the wrong door?

If I was able to walk into a hub and access physical as well as mental health treatments wouldn't that be a hospital under a different name?

Brand as far as we know didn't target under 16's, so child protection laws could never have been used. So I don't feel that using his case is a good example of the sorts of ammendements that would be needed in child protection laws and I think the problem of mandatory reporting would remain, and it would stop children coming forward for help if they thought that it would bring about family break up and worries about being believed.

The police do need better funding and training and more and better psychological screening, there are to many who seem to like the exercise of power more than they like the idea of serving the public. Who do you report a police officer too and will you be believed? Despite all the recent cases this is still and issue.

I did quite a lot of child protection training when I was counselling and its an absolute mine field of competing needs, the right to a defence against accusations and what it actually means for a family to have an abuser in their midst

I think seat belts and smoking bans are a lot less nuanced than legislating for hidden disabilities as it's a simple yes/no thing, As we've seen here what one person finds a normal part of life and the things they use to assist them in daily life, another person finds immensly triggering. How would those things be balanced out?

We have enough problems with who uses which toilet without outing yourself as an abuser by using a particular door, or the victim of abuse by using another, and what about if you accidently use the wrong door?

If I was able to walk into a hub and access physical as well as mental health treatments wouldn't that be a hospital under a different name?

Brand as far as we know didn't target under 16's, so child protection laws could never have been used. So I don't feel that using his case is a good example of the sorts of ammendements that would be needed in child protection laws and I think the problem of mandatory reporting would remain, and it would stop children coming forward for help if they thought that it would bring about family break up and worries about being believed.

The police do need better funding and training and more and better psychological screening, there are to many who seem to like the exercise of power more than they like the idea of serving the public. Who do you report a police officer too and will you be believed? Despite all the recent cases this is still and issue.

I did quite a lot of child protection training when I was counselling and its an absolute mine field of competing needs, the right to a defence against accusations and what it actually means for a family to have an abuser in their midst