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Autistic girl dragged from home for unknown Food Sensitivities

JuniperFromGallifrey
1 month ago

PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

Another example of Autistic Discrimination in the NHS. The police didn't protect this vulnerable girl. She was bruised and detained: https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/07/23/megan-docherty/ 

This forum might have more immediate ideas from Autistic Elders about how to help, ideas to try and how to communicate so these horrendous acts don't keep happening to our young.

Please be mindful when talking with "health" professionals who might not have bothered to stay up on the medical science around the different biology linked with Autism. Too much research is turning up gut-health related issues with Autism and ADHD: gastritis, inflammation, Crohn’s, celiac, endocrine disruption and lower GABA, all which affect gut health. Some medical papers suggest to stay closer to a Paleo/Keto/FODMAP diet if it's hard to identify what the problem is. 

On July 23, Nicola Jeffery wrote, Megan Docherty who is allegedly being mistreated, physically and verbally abused, and held against her will in an NHS facility after being violently taken from her home. 

I am trying to appeal to universities and charities. We need the NHS FULLY updated on the bio-science of Autism, how malnutrition is a problem with the Modern Diet, how unknown allergies and a difference in gut microbiota contribute to health problems. And individuals with this kind of perverse power to have their medical license revoked. 

Parents
  • 1 month ago

    when things get bad like this, make a stink, making the most noise as possible in as many ways to as many people as one can is best: info bomb the press, the neighbors, the agency involved, other agencies, everyone. The only thing not to do is nothing. The press is the most efficacious and pro bono lawyers.

    Keep records and files of everything and make a time line of what's happened. File a class action suit, if you have a willing lawyer and a few willing plaintiffs. Most of these thoughtless action happen when the perps think no one is looking or cares.

    We used to call this "whistle blowing', and "dropping a dime" (into the pay phone slot).

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  • 1 month ago

    when things get bad like this, make a stink, making the most noise as possible in as many ways to as many people as one can is best: info bomb the press, the neighbors, the agency involved, other agencies, everyone. The only thing not to do is nothing. The press is the most efficacious and pro bono lawyers.

    Keep records and files of everything and make a time line of what's happened. File a class action suit, if you have a willing lawyer and a few willing plaintiffs. Most of these thoughtless action happen when the perps think no one is looking or cares.

    We used to call this "whistle blowing', and "dropping a dime" (into the pay phone slot).

Children
  • 1 month ago in reply to Uhane

    This is the UK. Legal Aid is available for Mental Health Act cases. We don't do "class actions" as a rule. There are established procedures for contesting "sections" by the patient and their nearest relative. The authorities have to follow legal processes. Going to the press will cause a fuss if that is what you want, but actually getting a patient released from a section requires a specific, legal decision by the Hospital Managers, Mental Health Act tribunal or a Court, and that starts with a formal application by the patient or nearest relative.