Brits - National Autistic Society - your views

[Gift2humanity]

LOL, here is a link to their counselling info 404

Might just be me but apart from that I feel they are a bit pants.

 

[Judge]

I think I see what you're getting at. Yeah- "pants". Interesting to see who is categorized as such and why. Seems we have a similar equivalent across the pond:

Good Autistic Advocacy Organizations vs. Bad Autism “Charities”

 

[Alexej]

I think I see what you're getting at. Yeah- "pants". Interesting to see who is categorized as such and why. Seems we have a similar equivalent across the pond:

Good Autistic Advocacy Organizations vs. Bad Autism “Charities”

thanks for the link -

 

[Gift2humanity]

I think I see what you're getting at. Yeah- "pants". Interesting to see who is categorized as such and why. Seems we have a similar equivalent across the pond:

Good Autistic Advocacy Organizations vs. Bad Autism “Charities”

Thanks for the link. I would be even more thankful if I wasn't English, I will look up the good ones and see if they cater for brits.

 

[GadAbout]

I think there's a role for organizations that support the needs of families of autistics, for instance, resources for parents. But where they act like "Oh it's the end of the world that your child turned out this way. Send us money so someday we can cure autism," I think that's offensive.

 

[ZebraAutismo]

Your links broken but looked at their counciling info and just seems lacking which is true of actual service. Thus the hour drive to see a councillor.

 

[Gift2humanity]

Your links broken but looked at their counciling info and just seems lacking which is true of actual service. Thus the hour drive to see a councillor.

The broken link was put in on purpose.
NAS site counselling, look here "404 ERROR" Heehee

 

[Crossbreed]

Seems we have a similar equivalent across the pond:

Good Autistic Advocacy Organizations vs. Bad Autism “Charities”

I have to disagree about the placement of Autism Society of America. They have been very helpful about locating autism-competent therapists. I think that they are in the "Autism is good, severe co-morbids are bad" camp* that offends so many radical autistics, though...

*As are all of my recommendations.

 

[Storm Hess]

It seems that my whole family may be on the spectrum, yet, the UK testing advisory boards are very slow to move. Example...the school that my oldest son goes to knows of his struggles, yet have moved so slow to get him officially diagnosed. A neurotypical boy took his water bottle during outside break and wouldn't give it back, so he got angry and punched him in the head. He wears a band on his arm specifying that he has special needs and yet, the students aren't being informed on what it means by the teachers...or they just don't care.

My GP looked at me for not even 5 minutes and said that he didn't see anything wrong with me. Yet, my sister-in-law who is a mental health specialist in the NHS said that I need to get diagnosed. She's been trained as a mental healthcare specialist but now is a manager that can run a division of mental health workers, but can't diagnose anything. Does that any sense to anyone? Leaves me very confused. It's either wait for NHS diagnosis or pay up to £800 for diagnosis from private "healthcare" companies. I understand that the NHS is deliberately being underfunded and they’re desperate for staff, but it’s causing a lot of hardship for a large number of people.