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paulbarlow

my dear daughter sarah 22. was called in by her doctor to hear about her referal.

it was a total refusal. more than that it was a really stupid refusal. they dont do autistic assessments for adults said it was not there responsabilty. they claimed my daughter should be assessed by the open uni. as she is a student with them.

now its clear to me that they dont know what they are talking about. OU is responsabile fot sarahs dyslexia and dysplaxia re testing post 16. they told us its free so ty OU.

BACK TO nhs shetland decieded to speak to head of mental health but on holiday. so directed to director of public health. oh what a load of woffle was spouted. she denied there was an assessment. and woffled away for a while. no wonder we have problems up here.

it really is annoying when experts dont know anything.

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  • Shetland exercises a certain amount of autonomy based on being a long way off and harder for sassenachs to get around to interfere. There's been a lot in the press about Shetland's failure to take autism seriously.

    I suspect you might have to go to the Scottish mainland to get a diagnosis for your daughter.

    The Scottish Autism Strategy recommendations for Shetland, supposed to have been achieved by March this year, includes raising awareness and NAS delivery of SPELL 1 and 2 training for frontline staff and the need for autism champions. Part of the problem is at present they only take autism seriously if there's an associated learning disability (not unusual nationally, but entrenched on Shetland). Assessment for adults is scheduled for 2017.

    I've flagged this to the Moderators to find out if NAS has an up to date position on Shetand's treatment of autism. It is a crying shame that entrenched establishments on the islands will obstruct people's welfare for the sake of narrow mindedness.

    And then they wonder why people are leaving.

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  • Shetland exercises a certain amount of autonomy based on being a long way off and harder for sassenachs to get around to interfere. There's been a lot in the press about Shetland's failure to take autism seriously.

    I suspect you might have to go to the Scottish mainland to get a diagnosis for your daughter.

    The Scottish Autism Strategy recommendations for Shetland, supposed to have been achieved by March this year, includes raising awareness and NAS delivery of SPELL 1 and 2 training for frontline staff and the need for autism champions. Part of the problem is at present they only take autism seriously if there's an associated learning disability (not unusual nationally, but entrenched on Shetland). Assessment for adults is scheduled for 2017.

    I've flagged this to the Moderators to find out if NAS has an up to date position on Shetand's treatment of autism. It is a crying shame that entrenched establishments on the islands will obstruct people's welfare for the sake of narrow mindedness.

    And then they wonder why people are leaving.

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