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National Autistic versus Autism Society

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I'm sure I've raised this before, but cannot find where. When I search NAS on google I come up with lots more links to the National Autism Society. Has anyone else noticed this?

This is Mencap at (mencap org autism*)  They have a page on autism with a few links, but nothing remotely comparable with NAS.

But consider this, if unchallenged Mencap could go around with collection boxes labelled National Autism Society and many people might think they were giving to NAS.

Has anyone tried using this service?

Is it fair to use a confusing organisatiion title like this - trades descriptions act and all that?

*on Random's advice I've deleted the link less it improve its rating

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  • Thanks R'socks, it certainly is a squatter - more visible than NAS is.

    The trouble with NAS is it originated as, and largely still is, a parents' group, and it has that perspective on things.

    Adults with problems didn't make better use of all the help given to them as children and failed to grow out of it. We are just an irksome drain on resources better spent indoctrinating more children that if you do all the right things you'll grow out of it.

    That's why transition has given them such a fright....all those children clearly not growing out of it.

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  • Thanks R'socks, it certainly is a squatter - more visible than NAS is.

    The trouble with NAS is it originated as, and largely still is, a parents' group, and it has that perspective on things.

    Adults with problems didn't make better use of all the help given to them as children and failed to grow out of it. We are just an irksome drain on resources better spent indoctrinating more children that if you do all the right things you'll grow out of it.

    That's why transition has given them such a fright....all those children clearly not growing out of it.

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