"Vulnerable kids with severe autism are being failed because of a scandalous lack of specialist care in Scotland, it has been claimed. Charities and campaigners have slammed a woefully underfunded system which is letting down silent armies of parents struggling to get the support they need for their autistic children.
One desperate mum has been forced to spend thousands of pounds travelling more than 200 miles to see her 16-year-old son in England. A dire lack of funding means loving mother Nina Ni has been denied the care her son Tianze desperately needs near his Scottish home.
Last night, Nina and her husband Clinton Chen, 50, described the lack of support she and Tianze have received as a "national disgrace".
http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/uk/my-autistic-son-is-a-prisoner-in-hospital-200-miles-from-home-1.586206There is no doubt that this is a scandal but it also exposes the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators, GIRFEC, the named person and all the rest of the gobbledygook from the Children and Young People Bill for what it is. It is merely the `spin` to get away with monitoring the population because the truth is that the resources do not exist to address individual needs.
There is a petition. See link below:
http://www.change.org/p/alex-salmond-bring-my-autistic-son-tianze-back-home-to-scotland?utm_medium=email&utm_source=notification&utm_campaign=new_petition_recruit
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