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On the BBC news this morning they were showing footage of a homeless man being video recorded by the police.  In the footage the police officer asked the man if he was hearing voices, standard question they seem to use to identify mental health, which somewhat mystifies me.

Anyway I started to think what would my son's say if they got distressed in a public place.  Both have aspergers and I think  they would say "yes I do hear voices in my head"  but not realise the implication.  Their answer would be based on the fact that their auditory processing takes place inside their head so naturally they hear voices otherwise they would be deaf.

Has NAS ever done any work with the police to address this with the police, as aspies could find themselves sectioned erroneously.

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  • www.theguardian.com/.../police-restraint-autistic-boy

    Although the judge ordered the Metropolitan Police to undergo training in autism, they refused to budge until the end of last year, when some treaining sessions were enforced. Even so I doubt many officers on trhe beat have a clue.

    There has been some training outside London, but many police forces know absolutely nothing about autism.

    Read down the report on the above link (or search "trauma of autistic boy shackled by police" if it doesn't come up) - the denials and dissembling by the Met and the repeated reprimands and instruuctions testify to how totally neanderthal is most of the higher management of police forces.

    It is a shocking indictment of this country's indifference to vulnerable young people.

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  • www.theguardian.com/.../police-restraint-autistic-boy

    Although the judge ordered the Metropolitan Police to undergo training in autism, they refused to budge until the end of last year, when some treaining sessions were enforced. Even so I doubt many officers on trhe beat have a clue.

    There has been some training outside London, but many police forces know absolutely nothing about autism.

    Read down the report on the above link (or search "trauma of autistic boy shackled by police" if it doesn't come up) - the denials and dissembling by the Met and the repeated reprimands and instruuctions testify to how totally neanderthal is most of the higher management of police forces.

    It is a shocking indictment of this country's indifference to vulnerable young people.

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