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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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  • NAS11521 said:
    but many adults are equally desperate even if they have learned to cope and cover up.  Maybe what we need is an organisation specifically for us.

    You are right but it all boils down to money, or more precisely, the lack of it.

    The NAS receives millions from the government but indepedent AS support groups have to rely on meagre donations from the public. They rarely can afford to employ full time staff which badly hinders their progress. You just can't be a full time activist whilst holding down a 9 to 5 job. Benefits are getting stingier which means that fewer unemployed people will be able to devote their time to activism and charitable causes. The situation will worsen once Universal Credit is brought in and it will be impossible to stay on benefits for more than a few months. Quite a lot of work in the AS sphere is carried out by people on benefits and independent groups may have to close down if volunteers are forced to stack shelves in Tesco under 'workfare' schemes. The government doesn't care about the independent support groups. They are happy and content with the NAS because they know that it will be reluctant to bite them.

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  • NAS11521 said:
    but many adults are equally desperate even if they have learned to cope and cover up.  Maybe what we need is an organisation specifically for us.

    You are right but it all boils down to money, or more precisely, the lack of it.

    The NAS receives millions from the government but indepedent AS support groups have to rely on meagre donations from the public. They rarely can afford to employ full time staff which badly hinders their progress. You just can't be a full time activist whilst holding down a 9 to 5 job. Benefits are getting stingier which means that fewer unemployed people will be able to devote their time to activism and charitable causes. The situation will worsen once Universal Credit is brought in and it will be impossible to stay on benefits for more than a few months. Quite a lot of work in the AS sphere is carried out by people on benefits and independent groups may have to close down if volunteers are forced to stack shelves in Tesco under 'workfare' schemes. The government doesn't care about the independent support groups. They are happy and content with the NAS because they know that it will be reluctant to bite them.

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