WeAreFairCop/Awesometistic

I don’t know where to start with this. It’s a total head fuck.

A lot of mental health challenges, clearly.

He said detachment disorder; I think he may mean attachment disorder? Common among children who've been abused at a young age, sadly.

What he's ommitted is that it's clear from his Facebook page that he is / was an ambassador for a brand of fidget toys/ chews called 'chewigem' which is how the business seems to have started out.

At the same time, his more recent actions and responses to queries about his suitability to volunteer ? Work with? autistic children aren't appropriate or suitable for the responsibility of the role.

Mentions a Foundation degree in engineering, not a full degree. Still, seems to have done extremely well there.

Telling your story is one thing; working with children is another. Not everyone who wants to work with children, should.

He sicced police on parents of autistic children for saying that??

fuck me. How could anyone reading that letter not suspect those parents have a point? Why aren’t the police investigating him?

I wonder about the children he’s adopted. Are they autistic? Nonverbal?

Indeed...and the fact that Social Services allowed him to adopt 2 children...they're as bad as the police in my opinion.

He put up his website in 2018 and advertised that his DBS check was available for inspection on request. I hope that they did go to the trouble to check it.

https://archive.ph/YKHM4

From what I can see from Companies House he had a grant to buy in professional help setting up the business in 2018. It is the normal sort of thing for someone setting up a Business.

He paid someone nearly £10k for "Professional Services".

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11598169/filing-history

He had further grants from the National Lottery in 2019 (£9,900) and 2020 (£9,944) for specific projects:

https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/grants/recipients/GB-COH-11598169

Is that pronounced the same as 'kink'?

It's a CIC

Awesometistic are not listed on the Charity Commission website, so are not a registered, supervised charity.

Good point. Has someone with knowledge of his visits to schools & children formally referred him to the NSPCC & his local Social Services? Along with contacting the LADO?
A paper trail is important in cases like this.

Can this be reported to the local Social Services as a safeguarding issue? Aren't they then obliged to investigate?

Does this man have a valid DBS certificate?

I don't understand this at all. He was apparently functioning well enough to get a degree in engineering, didn't get an autism diagnosis until quite late in life, is doubly incontinent (since when and why - is it another health thing, if it's not recent how did he not get any diagnosis until quite late), wtf have sports cars to do with anything (they give me 'come and see my puppies vibes'), finally where are the sane adults in this!! Has everyone (with a few noble exceptions) lost their fucking minds!?

Great post. Thanks

The red flags are visible from space, yet the person pointing those out gets threats from the police.

Ugh this just makes my skin crawl. It’s all so fucked up.

Obviously parent readers can so one would hope and expect the same safeguarding rules were applied; not actually 1:1 and never in a confined space

I also don't think voluntary 1:1 work is allowed from my experience in a school setting. It must have been charged.

Volunteers can come into the class with teachers present at all times

It's not even a charity, it's a CIC

@WarriorN think charity and free imagine a school looking for local support and a local organisation offering services for low or no cost.
The police will have run checks and passed the staff on the data they have.
The police will also have been trained on issues which may arise with members of the group. Their HR have ticked a box around "disability training"
So the charity gets a clean bill of health and the head / school are happy to have a positive role model.

At the shop police reaction would be covered under stopping a breach of the peace and can be seen as reasonable.

But any normal person should be asking themselves if the adult whos behaviours have now become public should be in contact with children. Not sending unprofessional letters to people for noncrimes. I do get the problem that the police end up doing social work trying to prevent crimes but the officer involved needed to take a step back as ask himself what is private if that stuff is public

I had to zoom in to read the letter; I recommend people read the views that these parents had and tried to communicate.

"Also it stated that autism is not ok."

And they've given details as to why it can be incredibly challenging for individuals and their families.

Independent living is likely to be unachievable for some of the children he's in contact with.

How is a sports car and slogans helping?

He knows these women have autistic children and yet he responds with that ragey abusive rant?

I'm really struggling to get my head around how a company/ man who supposedly "helps" children with autism
(And I can't work out how and what he does there) was so incredibly nasty to parents of children with autism who questioned his expertise.

To do 1:1's in schools you really do have to have a high level of professional knowledge in a particular area. It's really unusual because it's 1. Costly and 2. Has to be very targeted. Usually physiotherapy, speech and language support, occupational therapy, drawing and talking etc. often in my experience the therapist isn't on their own, sometimes a pair, part of a team.

You also work with parents and gain consent.

How was this individual given green lights by head teachers? where would this would fit into IEPs and ECHPs? what was the cost benefit is? I've never seen a sports car being part of an IEP.

I couldn't read his response to these parents in 2020 posted on the company page so I c+p into notes:

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"Ok listen § everyone please (decided to close Awesometistic) due to horrible two ladies sad thing is these have autistic children.

Yer right am deffently not closing at all.

Two ladies (horrible jealous people, personal this and if you k ow me really then you know I won't let this lye. ) tired to stop me doing what I do today coming into stores where I book signing telling them I don't have autism and giving them a letter to try and stop be helping children.

Thankful the stores seen through these horrible people with not this letter it would say that how can I be autistic now when I wasn't for the last 34 years.

By the way the police have been
called and cctv is coming. Well guess what ladies you can't stop me Cos am awesome and you perhaps should by my book. Might learn a few things. Also it stated
that autism is not ok.

This was very upsetting to be confronted with but guess what it's had no impact what so ever Cos I had a awesome day as always and also thank you for making me stronger Cos this is why I am doing what I do. If anyone Elsa received anything from these two ladies one with glasses on. There are 2500 people on my page that will
surely have a few words to say to you. Very upset and heart broken. But only 0.01% of my 2567 people who love and support me.

This is why I carry my Diagnosi around every day.

Will make a good book tho "

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"If you know me really you know I won't let this lye"

Police and cctv

Looking at the date (feb 2020) it seems likely that went completely under the radar due to the pandemic. Not an excuse.

Then, as twitter does, a faintly negative comment about the company/ man pops up on twitter, using his own images, and bingo - police email.

And he's "trained" the police.

Oh my gosh. That is a disturbing article. He called the police on parents who objected to him. The parents suggest he is mimicking behaviours of autistic children.

The police now seem to be basing who they charge on unsubstantiated reports posted online by trans safety network

A none crime hate incident has been recorded against@HarryTheOwl101
by@LincsPolice following the publication of this woefully misleading conference report . @FamEdTrust
https://twitter.com/WeAreFairCop/status/1693898116804616691