Hi i am a single parent of 2 boys who are 5 and 7 years old with ADHD and ASD. I have had experience with Adult special needs to. My eldest was diagnosed at 4 and my youngest is going through the process as his school picked it up luckily. His paperwork had been lost and if i hadnt of called to chase it up he wouldnt of been seen. These poor children and adults are on waiting lists for years. I feel as a parents, our children/adults, families and schools are not getting the support that is needed from our government. This has a massive impact on learning, teaching, parenting, adults with special needs, families, also major mental health issues. Also mainstream and special needs schools are suffering and nothing is being done. These types of things dont get spoken about enough and we are left in the dark struggling. People think children and adults are being naughty, but the fact is they dont understand because their brains dont work like our normal brains do, they are wired differently. I am learning everyday and people need to be more understanding and aware. My older son got denied an EHCP (Educational Health Care Plan) just before going into year 3 recently by a panel that hadnt even met or even assessed my son or even spoken to the school. It was an EHCP plan that i had written myself and put in (i didnt have a clue what i would have to write). I am not academic and i did not know what to write apart from his behaviour when he got home from school and in the mornings and the struggles at school. I was getting phone calls from the school constantly. I had to leave my job in the nhs because my children needed me. I was very upset and so angry, how can a panel decide my sons future without even acknowledging the him or the school. I know the system is struggling because of funding, but it is just not good enough. What happends when they get to a certain age and they see they are falling behind with there work, it will affect there mental health let alone confidence, anxiety etc which these children and adults already have. I want to start a Talk show on the television for people, so more awareness is raised and we can help our children, adults, parents, families and school of the future. I have had a knitemare with an EHCP plan for my child and many many parents i have spoken to are at there wits end. How do we know what is best for our children when they are having their meltdowns after school no one knows enough and our kids just get left in the system waiting, but for what just a diagnosis and then what? People dont know what to do and there are lots of support groups (not enough) and networks that people dont even know about or where to start. It is so unfair and this needs to change. A talk show on a weekly basis would show and make people more knowledgeable. I am doing a 4 minute film on the One Show tomorrow which will  be on in a few weeks/months time. I will need 100000 signatures so i can take this to the government so we can help our country to help the people. We need to come together and fight for the future for our children, adults, parents, families and our schools. Please share share share so we can help each other. We need to take action now and change this world we live in to make it better for all these people that need support. Please sign and share guys. I hope you are all well. The filming for The One Show went really well yesterday. They were here for a few hours and we spoke alot, they filmed the kids at their best lol. Meltdowns and everything. But 4 minutes is simply just not enough. I dont know what and how they will edit it until it is on the TV. This is making me anxious. It will be on in a couple weeks so i will let everyone know when. I hope i have done you all proud. Please help more by sharing and signing my petition as this would help so many people. I would like to get people like specialist doctors to come on the show to explain what goes on in their minds so more people have more knowledge. People could call up for support. A bit like loose women, but specifically for Special Needs people. Our questions would be answered. Also when you have a child/Adult screaming while out, dont you find people look at you like you are the worst person in the world? It would make our whole country more aware of ADHD and Autistic Spectram Disorder (ASD) and change the way people look at Special Needs all around. Thanks again for all of your support guys. Can you add your signature and share share share please? ✍️
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