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[Danny]

call it a test, if you will, to see if not only our signatures and comments are acted on but to see if they're noticed at all, but i've posted:

"give this man and his father their lives back, or i'll take away my own"

[Bent valve]

Poor Stephen Is obviously not right in the head, and his father by his own admission is/was not fit to look after him.
It seems to me that the authorities have decided that this poor guy could be a danger to himself and others and that it would be best to keep him locked up for everyones benefit.
 I suppose everyone that has signed the petition for his release thinks that the authorities in question are complete fools that dont know what they are talking about.  :-?

[Nickbat]

Poor Stephen Is obviously not right in the head, and 1. his father by his own admission is/was not fit to look after him.
It seems to me that the authorities have decided that this poor guy could be a danger to himself and others and that it would be best to keep him locked up for everyones benefit.
 2. I suppose everyone that has signed the petition for his release thinks that the authorities in question are complete fools that dont know what they are talking about.  :-?

1, He had influenza and was unable to look after him for three days.

2. Correct.

[jerry]

my lad has aspergers and I attend an Early Bird course aimed at both parents and teachers to both gain a better understanding of how people with ASD view the world and to learn some stratergies that would help. I told them of this story and of the petition today-with the caveat that obviously the whole facts may not have been made available -and was met by the same anger from fellow parents and teachers and saddened shakes of the head by the course tutors who had obviously heard of similar stories before. More signatures on their way methinks

[albitz]

I know someone who has an adult son with mental health issues. He was recently sent to a care centre for a few days to give them a break. Before he went, the nurse who regularily calls on him at home warned both him and his mother to be careful what they say and do at the centre as absolutely everything is written down and can be and often is, distorted and used in evidence to suit the agenda of the people who run the place.

[Vamps]

I know someone who has an adult son with mental health issues. He was recently sent to a care centre for a few days to give them a break. Before he went, the nurse who regularily calls on him at home warned both him and his mother to be careful what they say and do at the centre as absolutely everything is written down and can be and often is, distorted and used in evidence to suit the agenda of the people who run the place.

[/highlight]

That is indeed very true....

[Nickbat]

Result!

The High Court today have ruled that they [Hillingdon Council] UNLAWFULLY DETAINED Steven and UNLAWFULLY deprived him of his LIBERTY for a full year.

http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/unlawfully-detained/

 

[PhilRich]

Now That is what I call GOOD news!

[albitz]

I heard this today too. I was thinking how difficult it might be to find the thread and update it.
Excellent news. Well done to his dad for not being browbeaten into submission.

[Amigo]

I heard about this on the radio a year or two ago? I know these folk have a duty of care but surely common sense would dictate Dad only asked for a break & son's best place is home in his own surroundings. This distressed the son who reacted badly therefore adding fuel to the fire that he should be sectioned.

   What is equally as worrying is this could well put other carers off asking for temporary respite.