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Is Autism being treated under disabled Children mandate not Autism mandate

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Is Autism being treated under disabled Children mandate not Autism mandate ? (too save money).

I reason I ask this is because, I requested a copy of the autism strategy action plan and autism co-ordinator name in my local area. The letter I got back from the council, was we do not have a plan in place yet, but hope to draft one by the end of Sept. We don't have an autism co-ordinator but you can contact the disability learning service manager. The only service for Autism in the area,, is a disabled childrens centre not an autism centre,, this means no core support nor help for adult autism nor aspergers(my condition) in my local area. WONDERFUL ! not Yell 

So in conclusion the local council has, no plan, no co-ordinator, no support services.!!!

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  • This I'm afraid is widespread. As I said recently on another discussion I've just moved from a county like that to another council like that. My old council publiicised that it was one of the first to set up an autism partnership board. What turned out to be the case was they were going to include autism on the Learning Disability Partnership Board, ONLY if persons on the autistic spectrum had a recognised learning disability. Hence there's no representation possible if you've just got autism.

    I'm afraid its a widespread cop out. The Government allowed local authorities to use an existing learning disability partnership board, with the implication presumably that they would then include a provision for autism on that board. Because it has been vaguely specified a number of local authorities continue to make no specific provision for autism, which defeats the purpose of the whole campaign.

    And as you say they all boast they have provisions up to transition, because as we all know, autism is something you grow out of (well that's what lots or organisations keep saying) so there's no need for an adult autism provision. 

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  • This I'm afraid is widespread. As I said recently on another discussion I've just moved from a county like that to another council like that. My old council publiicised that it was one of the first to set up an autism partnership board. What turned out to be the case was they were going to include autism on the Learning Disability Partnership Board, ONLY if persons on the autistic spectrum had a recognised learning disability. Hence there's no representation possible if you've just got autism.

    I'm afraid its a widespread cop out. The Government allowed local authorities to use an existing learning disability partnership board, with the implication presumably that they would then include a provision for autism on that board. Because it has been vaguely specified a number of local authorities continue to make no specific provision for autism, which defeats the purpose of the whole campaign.

    And as you say they all boast they have provisions up to transition, because as we all know, autism is something you grow out of (well that's what lots or organisations keep saying) so there's no need for an adult autism provision. 

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