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NAS - A charity or a business ?

Paull

NAS should be disbanded and replaced with a more accountable and transparent organisation that serves to help those with Autism, not those that run the organisation. Please sign my petition.

http://www.activism.com/en_GB/petition/petition-to-disband-and-replace-t...

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  • Only a small fraction of children with a diagnosed ASD attend NAS schools. The vast majority of children with Asperger syndrome do not. There has been much criticism from the ASD community that a high proportion of NAS resources are channelled towards a small number of people with traditional autism who require special schools and care services whilst Asperger syndrome was tacked onto the NAS at a much later date and the NAS provides very poorly for these people - especially if they do not require the NAS schools or care services.

    The NAS was useless for me as a teenager and can offer me very little now. Personally I think that the NAS should GET OUT of Asperger syndrome and leave this to more capable and understanding organisations that can actually provide useful support.

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  • Only a small fraction of children with a diagnosed ASD attend NAS schools. The vast majority of children with Asperger syndrome do not. There has been much criticism from the ASD community that a high proportion of NAS resources are channelled towards a small number of people with traditional autism who require special schools and care services whilst Asperger syndrome was tacked onto the NAS at a much later date and the NAS provides very poorly for these people - especially if they do not require the NAS schools or care services.

    The NAS was useless for me as a teenager and can offer me very little now. Personally I think that the NAS should GET OUT of Asperger syndrome and leave this to more capable and understanding organisations that can actually provide useful support.

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