for Emma

[Guest guest]

Dear Emma

My complete sympathy/empathy and thoughts are totally with

you –

We had our Annual Review this morning and the word that

springs to mind is BRUTAL.

I finally broke down in tears in the meeting and for the

first time the Ed Psych sat up and started to listen,

Please, please make an appointment to go and see your MP

about it. They really need to know how dangerously demoralizing (at best)

interface with the very services designed to help and support are children are –

at worst they are damaging, despair inducing and desperate – and worse.

DON’T GIVE UP WHATEVER YOU DO

WE ARE ALL HERE TO HELP AND SUPPORT YOU

Where do you live, and I will try and work out who your MP

is – write a non emotional letter (as if!) but try, and state the facts –

I am happy to try and edit the letter for you if that would help, you clearly

have a huge amount going on.

Our MPs need to know that there is a systematic system of

abuse of parents of autistic children being perpetrated on a grand scale (ok,

who’s being emotional now!!) and I will put it more blandly - of course.

If you possibly can go and see your MP, then he can’t delegate

a standard response to you.

In the meantime, a big, big hug. This situation

is intolerable, and it cannot be allowed to continue. We are working so hard to

change perceptions, and we will succeed.

Alison