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Is anyone here getting any help from NAS ?

Paull

Does anyone here get actually get any help from NAS ?

My experience is you ask for help and they send you a bucketload of PDF'S of other organisations. Am I wrong to have expected more ?

The chief executive gets paid 140 grand a year, is it right that someone can live in luxury on that kind of salary from charitable donations ? Not even counting the other 20 people on stupid salaries comes to over 2 million quid ...no doubt plus expenses.

I thought charities existed to help others but obviously they are more interested in helping themselves.

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  • Zone-tripper: I have Aspergers, can read, write, have been to Uni and attained an upper 2.1 History degree, have recently attained Permitted work on a part-time basis, and now live more or less independently in my own flat.....But I have a long-term disability (Aspergers) with significant mental-health problems, and I do not think my condition is 'mild'. While my issues are very different to a person who can't speak and is  learning disabled, I actually experience a similar degree of disability relative to what is expected of me. You are very lucky to be able to go to gigs on your own, and to have a full-time job, but only 15 per cent of people with Aspergers are in full-term work!. Most people with Aspergers require some degree of support, and the NAS should campaign for this support to be made available. Not everyone is as fortunate as yourself!

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  • Zone-tripper: I have Aspergers, can read, write, have been to Uni and attained an upper 2.1 History degree, have recently attained Permitted work on a part-time basis, and now live more or less independently in my own flat.....But I have a long-term disability (Aspergers) with significant mental-health problems, and I do not think my condition is 'mild'. While my issues are very different to a person who can't speak and is  learning disabled, I actually experience a similar degree of disability relative to what is expected of me. You are very lucky to be able to go to gigs on your own, and to have a full-time job, but only 15 per cent of people with Aspergers are in full-term work!. Most people with Aspergers require some degree of support, and the NAS should campaign for this support to be made available. Not everyone is as fortunate as yourself!

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