Has anyone else seen this?
http://www.autismeurope.org/AE/english/charter.htm
It was Adopted as a Written Declaration by the European Parliament on May 9th, 1996
How come I've never been informed of its existence by any social or support worker I wonder. I live in the UK and my son and I should be covered by this, along with many, many others, yet again it seems this kind of information is hard to find.
"16. THE RIGHT of people with autism to freedom from fear or threat of unwarranted incarceration in psychiatric hospitals or any other restrictive institution;"
I wonder how many of us were told of this one by a mental health worker. Having heard horror stories from others on the spectrum of "being sectioned" .....this just makes me angry...... :evil:
So far so good, but what a shame it regard autism as a disability; I saw nothing about a "right to employment even when I'm more competent that the guy who manages the department".
Hey, even NT's would benefit from such legislation (but not the establishment...)
"16. THE RIGHT of people with autism to freedom from fear or threat of unwarranted incarceration in psychiatric hospitals or any other restrictive institution;"
This has happened to me quite recently. I don't want to go into details on the internet but it was used as a threat by my doctor in order to silence me.
I might add that it didn't *** work. It just made me more determined!
Some people are their own worst enemy :lol:
Greetings,
2. THE RIGHT of people with autism to an accessible, unbiased and accurate clinical diagnosis and assessment;
People wont even give me the time of day here. I'm having to go private just to get seen.
19. THE RIGHT of access of people with autism (and their representatives) to all information contained in their personal, medical, psychological, psychiatric and educational records.
I wonder if you have to be diagnosed to cover that since these records are a vital part of the diagnostic process. I dont see any problem getting histories from my schools though.
I'm no lawyer but as far as I can tell this isn't UK law. It will only become UK law after an Act of Parliment. This may have happened. I don't know, might be worth checking out.
http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/ is the only legal protection I know of.
problem with the DDA is if we suceed in getting autism recogonised as a neurological difference rather then a disability it gives no protection.
i really wish they would get autistics involved when they make decisions about autism. would make sense eh?
Solution : Become the people who make these decisions
only problem is they don't let autistics decide action plans for autism
I find I can only dito all the sentiments already expressed on this string. I too am very angry that our basic human rights are being ignored. I didn't know the specifics of the individual charter and it's details but I always felt our rights were being ignored. Thank you Amy for finding it and posting it, but simply talking about it wont really help us that much.
Could I suggest that members present ideas on how we can use this powerful piece of European legislation to make a change to our society. Is it possible that we could take a quick survey and find out, amongst ourselves, which individual had their human rights most severely infringed and then perhaps do something like approach an appropriate charity or human rights lawyer to make a test case?
This is serious ammunition and I think most of us including myself feel that our rights have been ridiculed and dismissed, putting us in situations of extreme anxiety and personal risk to our well-being.
I am aware that the National Autistic Society has accused Broadmoor, Rampton and Ashworth hospitals of holding up to 60 people with Asperger's syndrome illegally and forcing them to endure what I can only describe as an absolute nightmare existence where human rights are meaningless.
Such attitudes maintain the culture that feels it can destroy the human rights of an individual autistic person with absolute impunity. This is state-sanctioned prejudice and sooner or later we need to take the state upon it.
The 2nd point is particularly relevant to all those people who are finding it well nigh impossible to get an official diagnosis of autism because they can't afford to go private, or even worse, find that there are no specialists in their area who know anything much about autism.
So, does anyone know what this actually means for those of us in the UK?
I don't really understand what it is: how does it help?
Is it that it's like an "ideal" that then has to be signed up to by each country that's interested enough to do so? How would we go about getting the UK government to adopt it? Or doesn't it work like that?
It seems to be just an ideal really - maybe something to aim for.
Yeah, I had to be very persistent in order to get an official diagnosis. Being self diagnosed meant it was impossible to access the few services available to people with a disability. Like it or not, Asperger's disables us in some areas of life. Parents are also finding that they can't get the help they need in the education system if their children don't have an official diagnosis.
tenaciouscj - the last post before yours was in 2004, it's now 2007. Why do you keep bringing up these old threads?
Maybe she's getting bored or just doesn't want to see good ideas fade into oblivion.