pecs/social stories

Just explain, we didn't think you'd already advertised, just that when you were asking for permission to post links to your site then the two issues we need to consider are advertising and safety concerns.

The NAS Community rules is clear that people may post links that could be helpful for others - including the kind of social stories you are asking for.

However, in order to protect the safety of vulnerable parents and people on the spectrum we have also made the decision to stop the Community being used to share personal contact information.

By suggesting that you'll be happy to send out information directly to people's homes this means we need to make a very careful judgement about whether your website would be appropriate.

If we were just discussing you sharing a page where people can download pdf's or a word document then there would be less to consider. For example you will not be able to share your email for people to contact you directly and ask for a file, you'd need to find a way they can download the file without any personal contact.

We're aware that this can reduce the usefulness of the Community for some users but this is a new venture for the NAS and the safety of everyone is paramount.

I'd also want to make it clear that we don't for one second consider anything problematic or harmful in what you are proposing but the same rules have to apply to everyone. It's one thing to offer a link to a campaign or organisation, it's unfortunately not within the rules to share personal contact information.

So, feel free to email the details over of your service or product and we can take a look and get back to you about whether there is an appropriate way it can be shared through the Community.

Just explain, we didn't think you'd already advertised, just that when you were asking for permission to post links to your site then the two issues we need to consider are advertising and safety concerns.

The NAS Community rules is clear that people may post links that could be helpful for others - including the kind of social stories you are asking for.

However, in order to protect the safety of vulnerable parents and people on the spectrum we have also made the decision to stop the Community being used to share personal contact information.

By suggesting that you'll be happy to send out information directly to people's homes this means we need to make a very careful judgement about whether your website would be appropriate.

If we were just discussing you sharing a page where people can download pdf's or a word document then there would be less to consider. For example you will not be able to share your email for people to contact you directly and ask for a file, you'd need to find a way they can download the file without any personal contact.

We're aware that this can reduce the usefulness of the Community for some users but this is a new venture for the NAS and the safety of everyone is paramount.

I'd also want to make it clear that we don't for one second consider anything problematic or harmful in what you are proposing but the same rules have to apply to everyone. It's one thing to offer a link to a campaign or organisation, it's unfortunately not within the rules to share personal contact information.

So, feel free to email the details over of your service or product and we can take a look and get back to you about whether there is an appropriate way it can be shared through the Community.