Autism - Deprivation of Liberty order

pmduk

I've signed the petition and tweeted this thread.

Stranger_Than_Fiction

pmduk wrote: »

I've signed the petition and tweeted this thread.

Thank you, that's great. Hopefully getting action in Steven's case will make other LAs pause before acting so rashly and will give protection to others with Autism.:)

Joyful

I've signed too.

Kaleidoscope27

Signed as well.

shegirl

Hi Mark,I joined your facebook group and petition a few weeks ago.Glad you are posting round forums to get more signatures.

Have you gone on all the parenting forums too?

A friend of mine,who joined the group after I gave her the link,is a social worker for adults with SLDs and autism etc and her and many of her colleagues are behind you 100% and personally,I think that really says something

Good luck and I'll catch up on the FB group later x

Dr_Cuckoo3

Stranger_Than_Fiction wrote: »

Hi all
Earlier this year, Steven was left unsupervised in the care home (and there were only 2 other residents), left the house and met a vicar whose glasses he removed. As a consequence of this, the local authority served Steven with a Deprivation of Liberty order.

What are the vicar's views on the subject :question:

malkie76

Hopefully the vicar will have sympathy for Steven and hold those who were supposed to be supervising him responsible. Something like this wouldn't have happened had he been in the care of his parents.

Mips

Surey he is bound to show more episodes of aggression, if he is taken out of his routine and not with his Dad?! Joined the FB page and will sign the petition.

Dr_Cuckoo3

malkie76 wrote: »

Hopefully the vicar will have sympathy for Steven and hold those who were supposed to be supervising him responsible.

my interpretation was that the vicar may have been instrumental in securing Steven's ""deprivation of liberty"

As vicars are public figures with some influence in the community , I would have thought that the vicar would have spoken out in favour of Steven if he was in favour of Steven's return home :silenced:

Since the Neary's are running a campaign for Steven's release I imagined that they may have asked the vicar for his views :think:

malkie76 wrote: »

Something like this wouldn't have happened had he been in the care of his parents.

Well , I received a "bear hug" from an autistic man who was with his parents at the time - lucky I'm not a vicar

Dr_Cuckoo3

This is what Steven has been upto - according to the Facebook campaign page

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=134345726596848&topic=189

"on 28th July "Steven threw a jar of cranberry sauce on the floor of the kitchen whilst laughing" and on 4th August "Steven took out a jar of vinegar and threw it onto floor, smashing it." I seem to remember a similar incident that Chris Y told me about from the week before the report where Steven broke a jar of Marmite on the kitchen floor."

If this thread is only for people who support the campaign , then kindly state this as I do not blindly support any campaign