To understand that Autism is NOT a mental illness?

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Just that really, someone posted that autism is a mental illness.
I understand autism to be a different way of thinking/perceiving etc. Not an illness that one may or may not recover from

(My daughter is waiting for an assessment for autism & I would hate her to feel that she 'has a mental illness' & actually find that statement so disempowering. The world needs people to think differently, to challenge ideas that maybe set in stone & blur the idea that one size fits all.)

That’s really awful Ted, must be really worrying and stressful for you too!

It seems that the the systems are there for communication, but until there are shared budgets, support will remain disjointed.
There have been attempts in the past to pull things together (integrating Children's Services, The Common Assessment Framework etc.) but the funds still remained separate. You may be able to get a room full of people discussing what is needed, but at the end of the day, they each go back to their separate departments and managers to discuss their separate funding. Ho hum

And that’s the crux of it isn’t it? Money.

ThinkingTed

Filthy lucre

Teggun unfortunately we've been through that system in the past and it was me, school, senco, family liaison etc. begging for stuff to be fulfilled in fCAF meetings and it never was. Things such as non-violent resistance therapy we were asking for 6 years ago as DD used to have very violent meltdowns and I didn't know what to do - I got a leaflet about a course last week. Kids are set up to fail .

Does anyone else want to scream "BACK THE FUCK OFF!" when they've nearly finished at the self checkout and someone's standing at their back waiting? Also, they've reprogrammed the ones in Sainsbury's, so you have to be mega quick or they can't handle it, then the assistant tells me I'm being too slow. Yes, I have shit executive function and probably dyspraxia, you're not fucking helping. 😠

Yes! I’ve actually snapped at one before (more than once actually) “aye gies a minute hen!”

One self checkout thing not a member of staff!

zzzzz I had 2 normal mugs of coffee and a large one, and a 500ml bottle of Pepsi today, I don't think I'm thinking any quicker yet, and I had to keep telling DS2 to shh while I was reading my shopping list, but that might be my inability to filter out background noise.

zzzz I had 2 normal mugs of coffee and a large one, and a 500ml bottle of Pepsi today, I don't think I'm thinking any quicker yet,

Oh gosh you poor thing. I think the jangle from all that caffeine would slow me down, if anything.

I shout at them as well Sodding! Are you Glaswegian by any chance? 😂 Or do people elsewhere in Scotland say "hen"?

@PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks I live about 20 minutes outside Glasgow, so good guess! I’m a transplanted Edinbugger though, the houses are cheaper where we are now hen is Scotland wide I think, certainly across the central belt.

Whereabouts? I lived in Glasgow for 12 years, my 2 eldest are Glaswegian. If you don't want to tell me, that's okay. 😀

I live just outside Wishaw I lived in Craigneuk for a while but moved last year. Where in Glasgow were you? (If you don’t mind me asking)

Possilpark. Horrible place.

Probably back to halving that quantity then! I don't often have Pepsi or Coke though.

@PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks I’ve never been, but DP knows Glasgow well because of work and he raised an eyebrow when I mentioned it just then

To be fair, Wishaw has its problems, since the steelworks went its gone right downhill financially. Sad really.

Most people raise an eyebrow! 😂

Shame about Wishaw. 😭

Haha I’ll take your word for it it is a shame, could be a lovely place but there’s no money, no work and very little investment.

So sad.