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Adult strategy

Mike Stanton

hi all,

not sure if this is the best place. Perhaps we need a category for campaigns. But now the government has published the statutory guidance for implementing the Adult Autism Strategy it would be good to share our experience of implementation around the country. In Cumbria we have a Cumbria Autism Partnership Board with NAS representation that is holding forums around the county to get participation from adults and carers. Nothing has happened yet. I will keep you posted.

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  • Ah....so this whole thing about people with autism flailing out at people and punching people is a myth?

    (as I have had to support people during stress or meltdowns, I was never within millimetres of a punch in the face........?)

    I know it is made a stereotype, but yes it does happen.

    And people on the spectrum may provoke unpleasant treatment or assault purely because their facial expression, or proximity, is interpreted by others as aggressive or challenging.

    A person on the spectrum intending to advise someone they shouldn't be cycling on the pavement, may come over as challenging and threatening. And that might provoke an aggressive reaction from someone who misunderstands their real intentions.

    Fact is the condition affects communication by giving rise to inappropriate non-verbal responses (it isn't just about not being able to read non-verbal cues)

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  • Ah....so this whole thing about people with autism flailing out at people and punching people is a myth?

    (as I have had to support people during stress or meltdowns, I was never within millimetres of a punch in the face........?)

    I know it is made a stereotype, but yes it does happen.

    And people on the spectrum may provoke unpleasant treatment or assault purely because their facial expression, or proximity, is interpreted by others as aggressive or challenging.

    A person on the spectrum intending to advise someone they shouldn't be cycling on the pavement, may come over as challenging and threatening. And that might provoke an aggressive reaction from someone who misunderstands their real intentions.

    Fact is the condition affects communication by giving rise to inappropriate non-verbal responses (it isn't just about not being able to read non-verbal cues)

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