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Adult autistic son being moved from supported housing

My 36 year old Asperger son has lived in NAS supported housing near to family for 12 years. Previously he lived in residential for one year but was moved by social services for financial saving. Has struggled to cope over years developing increasingly severe anxiety treated with medications and cbt. Two years ago a severe reaction to medication changes resulted in him being unable to leave the house ever since. Now NAS are saying they 'cannot meet his needs' so asked social services to find a new placement. SS won't pay for residential place which he clearly needs and is near family. What can we do?
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Has he being offer a placement that is further away? I appreciate that this isn't ideal!
Here is some information about how to challenge the decision about what is suitable for your son. There is also the link to the National Autistic Society which also might be able to offer more information.
Please do let us know if there is anything else we can do and keep us updated.
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Welcome to the community and I am sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time. The link that Chloe shared above is great to find out more about how to challenge that decision.
I hope some of our members will be along soon to share their experiences.
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Ask for risk assessments and make it clear your concerns and that you will pursue either with courts or local MP.
bar an ID check your application can be verbal.
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-of-access/
often individuals in an organisation think your never see their comments and it can prove useful to hold organisation accountable if they recognised an issue and choose to tell you they don’t
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-of-access/
Do council/ nhs and NAS
Shocking NAS behaviour and directly linked to funding as a biter locally with high funding kept on when staff bitten to the bone- I know this for a fact
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