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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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  • Scorpion0x17 said:

    There is one way to change this.

    Become a member of the NAS, attend the AGMs, and push for change.

    Easier said than done. Countless ordinary people have tried very hard to reform the NAS but there is just too much resilience in the system. Sometimes they reach a conclusion that they are trying to reform the unreformable so find that it is more productive and beneficial for them to start their own independent support group rather than battling with the senior executives.

    Another problem with the NAS is that it is quite reluctant to accept input from adults with high functioning AS as it has traditionally been run by NT parents for children with traditional forms of autism. My local independent support group highly values my input and contributions but the local branch of the NAS is uninterested in me.

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  • Scorpion0x17 said:

    There is one way to change this.

    Become a member of the NAS, attend the AGMs, and push for change.

    Easier said than done. Countless ordinary people have tried very hard to reform the NAS but there is just too much resilience in the system. Sometimes they reach a conclusion that they are trying to reform the unreformable so find that it is more productive and beneficial for them to start their own independent support group rather than battling with the senior executives.

    Another problem with the NAS is that it is quite reluctant to accept input from adults with high functioning AS as it has traditionally been run by NT parents for children with traditional forms of autism. My local independent support group highly values my input and contributions but the local branch of the NAS is uninterested in me.

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