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Are the any legal restrictions for autistic people, other than not being able to join the army?

Dara

Can anyone help with this, please? By getting a diagnosis, am I opening myself up to having less legal rights? I know I won't be able to join the army, but are there any other things that I won't be allowed to do, or where someone in authority can assume I don't have the capacity to make my own decisions? 

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  • I think regardless of diagnosis the Mental Capacities Act covers this, the underlying principle is that where a restriction is necessary it should be the least restrictive.

    It’s also very specific around allowing people to make bad decisions, so if you had enough money and wanted to build a house out of jelly nobody could stop you as long as you had a fairly good grasp on how silly it would be.

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  • I think regardless of diagnosis the Mental Capacities Act covers this, the underlying principle is that where a restriction is necessary it should be the least restrictive.

    It’s also very specific around allowing people to make bad decisions, so if you had enough money and wanted to build a house out of jelly nobody could stop you as long as you had a fairly good grasp on how silly it would be.

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