Petition regarding parents of autistic children & stories of false accusations

Thank you IntenseWorld,

I am passing it on now.

http://voiceinthecrowd.org/2012/06/19/child-protective-services-hold-them-accountable-for-their-mistakes/

You know, I emailed NAS Campaigns Department on 18th January 2014 and again on 20th April 2014 and have not even had an acknowledgement of receipt of my emails, letalone a reply to either regarding this serious issue.

The Change.org campaign garnered 1,063 signatures, and was addressed directly to Mark Lever.

Can mods please go through to the NAS Campaigns Department and ask what is being done about this issue and why they don't reply to emails?

"If you want to share your story of how unfounded allegations of FII have affected your family, please email Stephen.adams@mailonsunday.co.uk or phone Stephen on 0203 615 3021 or 07836 378903."

http://www.baspcan.org.uk/files/Lazenbatt%20Ann%20F2.1%20Mon%2010.30.pdf

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article26887.ece

http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7345/1096?tab=responses

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/documents/vaccines/SYDNEY%20-%20MSBP%20PSEUDO%20SCIENCE2.pdf

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116175/The-doctor-broke-families-Psychiatrist-damned-hundreds-unfit-parents-faces-GMC-probe.html

"Dr Eia (Karl Michael) ASEN
DOES ANYBODY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT DR EIA ASEN IN CASES OF MSBP / FII / CHILD PROTECTION / Autism Spectrum Difficulties & Differences or any other context relevant to readers of this page.

A family believe that he's made a wrong judgement in their case and this fits with other anecdotal information I've heard over the years. Can anybody supply further info? Parentsprotectingchildren@live.co.uk or inbox via FB if you can't post publicly."

Terrible (related) story of what happened to a mother of an autistic child:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10550801/The-lunatics-take-over-the-asylum-in-caring-Britain.html

and this one, about Ehlers Danlos (hypermobility which is associated with autism)

http://janloxley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/ehlers-danlos-syndrome-child-protection_25.html

Thank's for sharing this, I too have been the target of bullying from the school, and made to feel 'it's all my fault that my daughter is quiet at school and underconfident'.  Both my children are perfectly happy and chatty at home. As a friend and colleague logically pointed out, they don't not want to come home, why is this I wonder, Duh? I am glad to have read this though, because as a parent with a disabled child, it's very easy to fall in to the trap of thinking it is your fault, I believe it is because of an underlying depression caused by being blamed for something that is not your fault, that you have worked very hard to overcome, but are up against total idiots most of the time. (Banging head against thick brick wall syndrome BHaTBWS, oh I've just invented a new diagnosis, a few research papers later and the sheeple in mental health services will start to believe it's a real condition, however, they will inevitabley blame the victim).  I was accused of 'staggering accross the playground' by the head one afternoon, because I was late to pick up my daughter from school.  Hands up, naughty mummy, she was 10 at the time.  But I turned up to school sprayed in green fence paint - to the extent that the deputy head sacastically remarked 'had I got any on the fence at all'.  Well lovie, you may not have ever bothered to take off your high heels and arogance, at any stage of your delvelopment, and had the enjoyment of creating something, and the enjoyment of getting caked in s*** at the same time.  Not an obvious Aspie trait.  But it was more inmportant to collect my daughter than turn up in perfectly couiffered hair and a ball gown.  I do not understand these people, they are from a different planet, not me, I'm not the one with the problem!!!  These post's have reassured me, that I am not the one with the problem, and that I am not being paranoid in thinking that 'they are out to get me' Obiously they are.  Nice chatting to you.  Back at work tomorrow, so emotions running pretty high.

 http://www.parents-protecting-children.org.uk/news.asp 

"Some clinicians, therapists and social workers seem to be using erroneous diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and / or 'Attachment Theory' as a substitute for MSBP or FII - this is particularily dangerous for families in which parent, child or sibling has an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psychodynamically / psychotherapeutically trained therapists and clinicians do not have the skills and experience to assess or understand Neurological Diversity. Many wrongful observations are made, which if they find themselves in the documentation of the family courts become 'misunderstandings which take on a life of their own' - often with tragic consequences for families who find themselves torn apart for reasons which they cannot understand. The secrecy of the family courts prevents confused and vulnerable parents sharing these erroneous reports with Autism experts who could understand, interpret and assist if only they were allowed to do so. 

Inevitably there are cases where an entirely explicable childhood accident, often the result of interaction with a sibling, is presented by panicking social workers and clinicians as non accidental injury by the parents. Children are sometimes removed from home for no valid reason whatsoever. 

In a bid to encourage supposed independence, ill trained care workers are misunderstanding the situation of vulnerable young adults and making false assumptions which lead to the removal of these young people into a care system which they do not understand and where they do not want to be. One of these in North London made headline news in 2010 when the young person was finally released and reunited with the family. Social workers do not seem to have learned from this mistake and there are others in the pipeline. 

On 23 April 2004 (Hansard) Tim Loughton MP used my name and evidence of my correspondence with Harriet Harman and other Labour Ministers, to berate the then Secretary of State for Education for not doing more to stop these false allegations of MSBP / FII and to prevent these children wrongfully entering the care system. In the ensuing six years the then Government did nothing and the situation got progressively worse. Mr Loughton now has responsibility for adoption and has the chance to act to remedy the situation before it is too late." (from Nov 2011)

Shockingly, I have met two parents of our local ASC support group that have suffered this issue, and they both know other people in similar positions.

It's really important that people realise this is a real issue and support it.

I have contacted the NAS campaigns asking for their response on challenging this issue and am awaiting their reply.

I couldn't believe some of what I have been told by the people who have been through it.  There seems to be a common thread:

• professionals are unable or incompetent to diagnose a condition so blame the parent, often the mother for inducing problems;
• families fighting for supports they are entitled to find professionals using this as a way to refuse services (due to cost) and it's easier (and much cheaper) to blame the parent.

Please everyone sign this petition, it could happen to you when you least expect it.