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longman

Has anyone else been approached by phone by a commercial fund-raiser acting for NAS? It is one of those that takes a third of the money raised for administration. They started by thanking me for supporting NAS, then a spiel about what NAS does for children, and then asked me to go further and make a monthlu contribution. Personally I'm wary of such systems that take a cut for themselves so said I'd think about it and make my own arrangements, particularly as I'm on a pension.

It was odd however to then be asked for my year of birth, and then to be asked to confirm that I had aspergers.

Usually these types of fundraiser look for new sources of funds rather than just going through the existing contact list.

And should they be approaching people on the spectrum, or parents of people on the spectrum in this way?

Chap I spoke to was nice enough, and seemed well enough informed about what NAS was doing, but I was left feeling this wasn't right.  Also I think NAS ought to declare on the website that such phonecalls are being made.

I'm left feeling puzzled why he needed to know my birth year and whether I was on the spectrum.

Could the NAS Moderators shed some light?

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  • Thanks for clarifying.

    The caller gave me to understand he was from NAS. It did not become apparent until he asked for monthly contributions that he was from a fund-raising agency. I do think that needs to be made clear from the start.

    In particular his approach was as part of the anniversary thanking people process. If he was from an agency employed by NAS, THAT IS MISLEADING!  It is certainly ambiguous as a fund raising agent would not have been so-involved in the anniversary thanking process.

    He did explain at length that what I understood to be a third of the monthly payment went on administrative costs. He went into detail what these were. If that's not the case things need to be explained more clearly.

    Cannot age be obtained as a band, eg 58-64? Year of birth can be used improperly, and some people would be rightly concerned to be asked that.

    You do not explain why I needed to confirm my autism status for his records.

    It would help if the website under funding explained that such calls are taking place. That gives people reassurance that the calls are genuine.

    NAS needs to handle this carefully. You could do a lot more harm than good if these callers aren't properly briefed and sensitive to the interests of both parents and people on the spectrum.

    Also he only talks about action for children. A lot of the people you are having him call have an adult perspective.

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  • Thanks for clarifying.

    The caller gave me to understand he was from NAS. It did not become apparent until he asked for monthly contributions that he was from a fund-raising agency. I do think that needs to be made clear from the start.

    In particular his approach was as part of the anniversary thanking people process. If he was from an agency employed by NAS, THAT IS MISLEADING!  It is certainly ambiguous as a fund raising agent would not have been so-involved in the anniversary thanking process.

    He did explain at length that what I understood to be a third of the monthly payment went on administrative costs. He went into detail what these were. If that's not the case things need to be explained more clearly.

    Cannot age be obtained as a band, eg 58-64? Year of birth can be used improperly, and some people would be rightly concerned to be asked that.

    You do not explain why I needed to confirm my autism status for his records.

    It would help if the website under funding explained that such calls are taking place. That gives people reassurance that the calls are genuine.

    NAS needs to handle this carefully. You could do a lot more harm than good if these callers aren't properly briefed and sensitive to the interests of both parents and people on the spectrum.

    Also he only talks about action for children. A lot of the people you are having him call have an adult perspective.

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