Reform the Mental Health Act to remove the detention of autistic people
The Government has promised to reform the Mental Health Act; we feel they have failed to do so. Meanwhile, autistic people have been forcibly detained and may spend years in unnecessary restraints, over medicated and isolated. We want the Government to release them into residential homes.
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Reform the Mental Health Act to remove the detention of autistic people
The Government has promised to reform the Mental Health Act; we feel they have failed to do so. Meanwhile, autistic people have been forcibly detained and may spend years in unnecessary restraints, over medicated and isolated. We want the Government to release them into residential homes.
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Stop mental health, ADHD & autism services review. Adopt report recommendations
Scrap the review into rising demand for Mental Health, ADHD & Autism services. Instead fund & implement the recommendations of the 'Time to Deliver' (Autism Act Committee) & ADHD Taskforce Part 2 reports. This would help end systemic failure, poor health outcomes, & inequality in Autism & ADHD care.
Set a 6 month waiting time for autism diagnosis & increase funding
Some children may be waiting over three years for autism assessments. Delays rob them of vital early support.
Review police powers under section 136 of Mental Health Act
I would like to see the police have more power to help those in crisis in their own homes. Without a warrant, they can only enforce a section 136 if it happens in public.
Remove time bars and provide legal aid for neurodivergent people
Time bars should not be applied when victims are neurodivergent and often unable to comprehend what has happened to them in a timely manner. Provide effective Legal aid to become accessible to neurodivergent people that cannot afford solicitor’s fees but are victims of discrimination.