Autism and attending court as a witness

lunabella
lunabella Community Member Posts: 18 Contributor
in Everyday life

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

Comments

  • Littlefatfriend
    Littlefatfriend Community Member Posts: 446 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

    😇

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community Member Posts: 17,415 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?

Categories