'What are the specific ways that CAMHS fails Autistic children?
This is difficult to summarise. There is an interconnected network of systemic failings that culminate to create a potentially deadly set of failings. Every single day CAMHS turn away Autistic children, denying them support at a time of their life when they desperately need it. To summarise, it is a service that actively works against Autistic children and their families, but I believe we need to get a bit more specific.'
See piece by autistic advocate David Gray-Hammond here:
https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/03/09/camhs-in-crisis-the-systemic-failing-of-autistic-people/
My interview on yesterday's BBC Radio London here:
Please please keep sharing this petition. CAMHS have blood on their hands!