Autism and attending court as a witness

lunabella
lunabella Online Community Member Posts: 18 Contributor
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Hi,

I have autism and learning disabilities, I have a court case coming up soon taking back my anti social behaviour neighbour to court for breaching an undertaking order by the court and also soon an civil injunction will be applied for. I am very nervous about attending the court setting and the whole process the local authority said they will apply for special measures but it’s down to the judge to grant it. Has anyone been through anything like this? What helped them? Any advice please?
Thank you

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  • Littlefatfriend
    Littlefatfriend Online Community Member Posts: 443 Trailblazing

    I don't have autism lunabella, but some of my friends have.

    I encourage you to ask people here:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/

    Here:

    https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/

    And/or here:

    https://www.autismcentral.org.uk/

    Good luck

    πŸ˜‡

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,439 Championing

    I don't know if this in the least relevant @lunabella - but when some time ago we had some serious problems due to a neighbour's antisocial behaviour; she'd first targeted me, then another neighbour, then one of my neighbours who is on the autistic spectrum, it took ages to get the police involved on our side.

    Altho we all expected to have to go to court, the police said they'd rather prosecute her. This was mainly down to my autistic neighbour providing proof from his next neighbour door's video cam about one of her misdemeanors.

    Have the police been helpful? Mine were great & even did a follow up call to check if I was OK following the several incidents that had directly involved myself. So, could you perhaps also ask the police for their support if this is appropriate?

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,410 Championing

    Is this a civil court or crown court? I agree with @chiarieds that if you can get the police to prosecute it makes things a lot easier. They'll assign an officer called an "officer in the case" (OIC) and essentially it's their job to make sure the prosecution is successful, which naturally means making sure evidence gets presented. So the OIC has a vested interest in making things easy for you.

    I'll tag @MW123 as I think they know lots about law and might want to add some things 😊

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