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ADHD parents

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Justlostitwithhim · 09/10/2011 01:26

Everyone needs to see this: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046924/Parent-child-ADHD-Have-free-car-1-5bn-taxpayer-funded-scheme.html

I'm so angry I can barely speak. Would anyone be prepared to join me in putting together some sort of pressure group to stop this? I could have cried when it mentioned naughty child syndrome. I think my son has ADHD and he gets overstimulated and is frightened. Why shouldn't such families be entitled to a car? SN, mental or physical massively impact on any family. I'm sure there are better brains than mine who can think of a way to make a stand. Please feel free to include any ideas or thoughts and perhaps we can consolidate them and try to fight this.

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Selks · 09/10/2011 01:56

Sorry, I think you're going to have to explain to me a bit more (because I don't understand) why a family with an ADHD child should be 'entitled' to a car...

Though I agree with your dislike of the use of 'naughty child syndrome'.

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Justlostitwithhim · 09/10/2011 02:06

Hi Selks. It is extremely difficult to safely navigate a child with ADHD through pedestrian areas and they are frequently insulted and derided on public transport. This affects their mobility and that of their family massively.

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Dillydaydreaming · 09/10/2011 08:50

My son has ADHD and autism. Sorry to disappoint the Daily Mail and any readers which might frequent MN but I DON'T receive a"free car" nor am I entitled to one.

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Justlostitwithhim · 09/10/2011 08:58

Hi Dilly, I have 3 with autism and one with suspected autism and ADHD. Thankfully, I have my own car. I do think that you should be entitled to one. I realise that there are people who think that parents who ask for that level of support are spongers, but I disagree. I've worked with people with ADHD in their families whose lives are complicated by poverty and I it can be truly devastating. I don't usually read the DM but I couldn't sleep last night and I was truly disgusted by this. Thanks for your input. We've never claimed anything for ours because we've never needed to, but for those families that can it must be a lifeline.

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Selks · 09/10/2011 12:21

Thanks Justlost. But just for the most severe ADHD surely?

Dillydaydreaming · 09/10/2011 12:30

As a parent who might be without a car soon Sad I would love to qualify but it appears DS is too high functioning despite his distraction at roadsides!
Just get so annoyed by this kind of irresponsible reporting. Thankfully a good many comments on the site appear to be of the " what a load of tripe" variety.

cory · 09/10/2011 14:11

Speaking as the parent of a child with a painful chronic joint disorder, I can perfectly well see why a child with severe problems arising from AHDH should be entitled to a mobility car while dd is not. It is a lot easier to deal with a child who simply cannot walk than a child who has to be restrained.

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Justlostitwithhim · 09/10/2011 15:00

Thanks everyone - your comments are really valuable Smile

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dentro · 09/04/2012 14:24

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Gunznroses · 09/04/2012 14:26

Dentro - i see you're here again! Please stop this nonsense, these threads are for people genuinely concerned to discuss and support eachother not a platorm for silly adverts.

Catsdontcare · 09/04/2012 14:29

Ah just reported this character hopefully all his posts today have been deleted. Had a quick look at the site he was promoting what a load of bull!

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