autism

[gromitdoo]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE can everyone who has a loved one or knows someone on the autistic spectrum fill in the link below. It is a petition to ask your MP to support the AUTISM bill on the 27th Feb. At last count there were 65 MPs signed up but they need a minimum of 100. It might hopefully make a difference to all families who are affected by autism, as at present there is NO guarantee that we will receive any help when our children finish off from school. I have a lots of friends who have been let down by the system and it is heartbreaking to see them in the mess they are in. I know a lot of you have already filled the petition and I am very grateful for it but we need to do more to achieve our goal.

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1 380&a=18582

There is a link to find out whether your MP has signed up to support the Autism bill or not so please check that out too.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED! I have put this petition on Body & Soul but we are still short of 35 MPs and if we let this chance go then we might never get it again and our future will be very, very bleak. As a mum of an autistic child, I am VERY, VERY DESPERATE.

[4winds]

Hello again, gromitdoo
We had an e-conversation a couple of weeks ago and I have been contacting as many friends as poss. to bombard their MP with this request!
I see from the list of assenting MPs that my (so-called!) representative is not yet on it so I have launched another assault on his conscience under my husband's name--- he's not uncaring about our grandson, just gets me to fill in any forms like this because he's too busy playing golf, thinking about golf, talking to his friends about golf, arranging golf outings, holidays.....no more! That's another issue!
I have also pleaded with friends in other parts of the country to support this cause so let's pray that Pester -Power prevails !!
Hope your situation is fairly calm and manageable at the moment, but as someone (don't remember who !) said..."Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose".
Thoughts and prayers coming your way.......M.

[gromitdoo]

Hello 4winds, hope all is well with you! I missed our little e-chats. Thank you for filling up the petition again in your husband's name. I filled up the petition from both me and my husband, my father in law and even sent it to the MP from Westminster(the borough where my husband works). I am sure this shows you how desperate I am. My husband though was not best pleased becos he got funny looks in the office when the letter from the House of Commons was delivered at his office.

I went to a meeting on Thursday to the Tottenham Hotspur FC re: services for children with special needs and once again it was all talk and no action. One of my friends was there and she is so tired and was racking her brains as to what to do with her little boy during half term. The poor girl was literally pulling her hair out as she did not know what to do and she told me that she prayed for dementia or Alzheimer's disease becos then she might forget about her lil' boy's autism and atleast get one proper night's sleep. I was just shocked u know, just speechless. I looked after him over there for 4 hours but cannot help her over the half term becos I am exhausted looking after my lil' boy. That is why I am on the warpath to get this autism bill go thru on the 27th becos then atleast we will have a leg to stand on when we are fighting for respite care and holiday playschemes and also for help when our kids are adults.

I am sorry for sounding so negative but atleast I know that you will not judge me and you know what I am going through.

Keep in touch. Cheerio R

[4winds]

Hello again GD
Please see my reply to you on Body and Soul earlier this evening.
Kindest Regards
Grandma M

[gromitdoo]

Hello 4winds, r u online? it is 10.30pm here and i have just seen ur message. Thank you so much. I am very grateful for your understanding.

[4winds]

Hello again - must just have missed your post. I switched off at 10.30 - we're on GMT up here too!
Hope today is a better day for you and your friend..... and for all parents and carers, not forgetting the children themselves.
The young friend whose problems gave rise to my original question has been getting some help from social work ( my daughter phoned and wrote on her behalf), so there's a wee bit of progress there.
I've just e-mailed our MSP also - although I don't know if that will be any use.

Regards M