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Social Services Support - I use the word "support" lightly!

MummysGirl

Been having some very interesting chats with other parents of ASD children and some of their stories when approaching Social services for help. I always wait till Im at the end of my tether before I ask for help. Im a single parent of an autistic girl and in 12 yrs Ive asked for help 3 times and refused. What excuses has your local SS given you to deny you support? The best one for me so far is ...

"look, youre feeding your daughter strawberrys, youre coping just fine"

Foot in Mouth WARNING: NEVER FEED YOUR CHILD STRAWBERRIES IF YOU NEED HELP!

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  • Hi Mummysgirl,

    The Council for Disabled Children, a national coalition charity, has produced a legal handbook for parents of disabled children but some also covers adults too. NAS is also a member of them.

    See: http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/cdcs-resources/disabled-children-a-legal-handbook and I would definatly recommend reading chapter 2 "legal fundementals".

    Lol, strawberries, but seriously I think the Children Act 1989 and Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 will become you're best friends. The handbook goes into much further detail on how you can try to get the support you need.

     

    For adults, I know the Autism Act has been useless for most of us and I included. Though I am happy to see that super-meg is getting the help they need.

     

    In terms of legal stuff for us (and kids), getting a social care assessment is the starting point but due IntenseWorld has mentioned the loops there are.

     

    I will try to post later on how I'm trying to use these laws (boring, I know) on to get the support I need.

     

     

    Take care,

    urspecial

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  • Hi Mummysgirl,

    The Council for Disabled Children, a national coalition charity, has produced a legal handbook for parents of disabled children but some also covers adults too. NAS is also a member of them.

    See: http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/cdcs-resources/disabled-children-a-legal-handbook and I would definatly recommend reading chapter 2 "legal fundementals".

    Lol, strawberries, but seriously I think the Children Act 1989 and Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 will become you're best friends. The handbook goes into much further detail on how you can try to get the support you need.

     

    For adults, I know the Autism Act has been useless for most of us and I included. Though I am happy to see that super-meg is getting the help they need.

     

    In terms of legal stuff for us (and kids), getting a social care assessment is the starting point but due IntenseWorld has mentioned the loops there are.

     

    I will try to post later on how I'm trying to use these laws (boring, I know) on to get the support I need.

     

     

    Take care,

    urspecial

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