Please help me find 100,000 friends for my disabled child
I registered a Government petition yesterday, to stop 41% of children in Hertfordshire being denied mental health services.
Hertfordshire has the highest referral rejection rate for childrens’ mental health services in England. 41% of Hertfordshire children are denied mental health support compared to 8% in Liverpool, Leeds and East Sussex.
My disabled 12 year old son is one of those left to suffer.
Asa has Autism and a learning disability (low IQ). He desperately needs medication. We have been asking for four years. He is in crisis.
He is struggling to eat, drink and sleep and cannot leave the house. He has been out of his special school for two weeks because he cannot eat, drink or use the toilet there due to his extreme germ phobia.
I have called, emailed and begged child mental health services locally. Asa is crying at mealtimes because he can’t eat for fear of exposing himself to germs. He is loosing weight.
While we wait for our petition application, I have set up a Twitter account @helpingAsa
Please help my child - follow Asa’s Twitter account @helpingAsa
Thanks and love,
Asa and Mum