Northern Ireland autism organisation "dealing" with parents' raised expectations??????????

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AutismNI the group that claims to be helping parents and people in N.Ireland who live and have ASD's has really lost touch with reality with their latest job post posted here; www.autismni.org/Job%20Description%20Autism%20Resource%20Officer%20Dec%202008.doc

The post is for an Autism Resource Officer, working with families and one of the "inherent pressures of the job" is listed as "dealing with the raised expectations of families"!!

i think this speaks for itself, as the parent of a child with autism my expecatations couldnt be any higher and i would never let nitwits enter into a negotiation with me about that.

truly unbelievable and totally scandalous, not to say arrogant and evil.

Good for you OP. They may know their statistics, but you know your child.

Very badly worded ! I have no idea what they mean. What are these expectations and who is supposed to have raised them?

Erm... not wanting to stand in front of the juggernaut, but it looks to me in context as if they mean dealing with parental expectations of what the organisation is able to achieve, in terms of support/political influence/whatever. They can't fix everyone's statementing problems, or fund everyone's ABA etc. etc. But I'm sure plenty of parents are desperate enough to ask them.

I read it as meaning that these days parents have higher expectations of what their child should be entitled to and will no longer allow themselves to be fobbed off by outside agencies, eg education providers, social services etc.

I agree that it's badly worded though and ambiguous.

Ooohhh... I see....