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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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  • I agree very much that NAS seems to support parents a lot more than adults with Autism. I know it all about government funding but it winds me up that only children have autism. When we get to adulthood there is nothing. Even less if like many of us, we are only diagnosed late 40's.  Just one little piece in last month journal about autism in penisoners and the need to make decisions about changes of being old. 

    Very little is for adults with autism, learning about autism for themselves. All the books and everything is geared for parents or children or teens.

    But MenCap have the right to support Autism too. In Britain we are allowed to have more than one charity supporting the cause.  If people are thinking they are giving to one charity rather than the other then that needs to be addressed. But how do we know if there is a mix up going on. For me it Clear Mencap is Mencap and didn't think they were just Autism. I thought they were Mentally Handicapped. Which isn't Autism as the mintue I said yes to an assessment for Aspergers which turned out to be Autism, I was removed from the Mental Health Register as such.

    Mencap do ought to be a bit clearer who their services are for but everyone is entilted to fund so long as they are being clear who they are funding for.  Perhaps Autism is the current buzzword that gets people giving their cash? 

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  • I agree very much that NAS seems to support parents a lot more than adults with Autism. I know it all about government funding but it winds me up that only children have autism. When we get to adulthood there is nothing. Even less if like many of us, we are only diagnosed late 40's.  Just one little piece in last month journal about autism in penisoners and the need to make decisions about changes of being old. 

    Very little is for adults with autism, learning about autism for themselves. All the books and everything is geared for parents or children or teens.

    But MenCap have the right to support Autism too. In Britain we are allowed to have more than one charity supporting the cause.  If people are thinking they are giving to one charity rather than the other then that needs to be addressed. But how do we know if there is a mix up going on. For me it Clear Mencap is Mencap and didn't think they were just Autism. I thought they were Mentally Handicapped. Which isn't Autism as the mintue I said yes to an assessment for Aspergers which turned out to be Autism, I was removed from the Mental Health Register as such.

    Mencap do ought to be a bit clearer who their services are for but everyone is entilted to fund so long as they are being clear who they are funding for.  Perhaps Autism is the current buzzword that gets people giving their cash? 

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