My son has been eager to speak out against the unconsiable discrimination he and thousands of other autistic children and teens are facing from Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services nationwide....and now he has. I couldn't be more proud of him than I am. Thank you to Niamh Mc Dermott for this brilliant piece which also highlights the plight of the Essex families who are rightly demanding a public statutory inquiry into Essex mental health services.:
'Emma set up ‘Autistic Inclusive Meets’ (AIM), the organisation that saved her sons life.
It is a non-for-profit organisation created by autistic people to enable families with autistic children, and autistic individuals to go out into the community and socialise in an accepting, inclusive environment with like-minded peers.
Damien believes that if AIM didn’t exist then his life would be very different.
“I would be very very very depressed”, he said.
AIM gave him the confidence to ask for support and if it wasn’t for AIM then he “probably wouldn’t be here to ask for help”, he claims.
But Damien also feels let down in his treatment from mental health services and believes he still needs therapy from CAMHS...'
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