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The Southport Enquiry

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I have just listened to the awful results of the Southport enquiry which overtly mentions the fact that sadly the killer was diagnosed with autism. As soon as this was mentioned my heart sank. I really hope that this doesn't lead to a narrow negative view of neurodivergent individuals being feared as violent : (

I just wanted to seek some comfort from the community because its really upset me.

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  • I can understand why you are so upset about it.

    I think the biggest point here should be the failure of the system though. One of the problems is a lot of services hear you are autistic and say they can't help, and that's it, they don't want to know and people don't know where to turn to for help. Then the system has failed, and things can go very wrong.

    An autism diagnosis shouldn't mean getting ignored, so tragedies don't occur, and people get the help they need. Maybe it can galvanise better understanding, and better more complete services, so out of the horribleness, something can grow to help people.

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  • I can understand why you are so upset about it.

    I think the biggest point here should be the failure of the system though. One of the problems is a lot of services hear you are autistic and say they can't help, and that's it, they don't want to know and people don't know where to turn to for help. Then the system has failed, and things can go very wrong.

    An autism diagnosis shouldn't mean getting ignored, so tragedies don't occur, and people get the help they need. Maybe it can galvanise better understanding, and better more complete services, so out of the horribleness, something can grow to help people.

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