Protecting the rights of people with Special Needs

Rojon, I am so sorry you are going through this .it's such a difficult dilemma but I think you are right to do what you can to protect him. I am also in the middle of a safeguarding issue with my son. In his case I think social services have put him at risk by rigidly applying MCA. I have found gransnetters on here to be amazingly supportive so even though I am stressed and sometimes also feeling as if my heart will break I can take comfort from all the kindness.

I have an adult son with cerebral palsy and my heart is breaking for him. He is in an abusive relationship with a sexualy experienced woman who is abusing him physically and financially. I've taken advice from my local social services who have agreed that it a safeguarding issue. I've asked him to take certain steps to safeguard himself but I'm not at all sure he will do as promised as he lives a long way away. I will know if he hasn't taken the safety steps I've asked him to take and will have no hesitation in informing his local Social Services of this Safeguarding issue even if he hates me for it.

Hi, myself and DH have Special Guardianship of DGS. DD and myself just been DX with Aspergers, starting process to get DGS assessed. Any tips/help from anyone on this subject?

Hi Proud I have a severely brain damaged grandson as well, he is beautiful and loving and thankfully generally a happy soul. He goes to a very good school where he is cared for brilliantly and at last my daughter gets one weekend a month respite care for him which allows the rest of the family some time to do things that they can't do with him.

Hello,
I've got a beautiful grandson of 3, who has severe brain damage, severe CP, and other health problems.
Was wondering if there's any grans out there with grandchild/children with a special needs grandchild/children?

Hi, I have a daughter with special needs aged 11 and i am afraid lots of people are just not tolerant, is it fear or ignorance i wonder. Was out shopping the other day coming down the esculator, my daughter often "looks" at people as she does not understand not to stare, an elderly man shouted at her "what are you looking at" she became confused and lowered her head, i explained she didn't understand but i am so tired of having to explain to people, my dd is lovely and would not hurt a fly, she just enjoy's going out and taking everything and everyone around her in. We are all different, don't want much just a smile from that man would have made her day but instead she couldn't understand what she had done to make him shout at her. x

Supernana - It's a real worry that standards are becoming lost with regards to 'looking out' for one another. Quite a vulnerable lady, who has a degree of learning difficulty was assisted by the council to move to our village after being teased and tormented by local mindless youths/girls in our nearby town. This seemed to continue for a while, probably because 'word' had got around at their school that the lady had been moved to the village. As she was living in a cottage nearby, we, and other close neighbours were able to ensure that she felt safe, by contacting the police when trouble seemed to be starting off. The community policewoman makes her presence felt now and again, too, which is a good thing. The lady knows that she has a good number of neighbours that look out for her, and no longer seems to be apprehensive as she goes about her business. (Our village isn't the 'picture-postcard' type by the way!)

greenmossgiel, the parents of those individuals responsible for driving Fiona to suicide should [but I doubt it] feel ASHAMED...or perhaps they were too busy harrassing other vunlnerable folk to give a fig about the "antics" of their own flesh and blood. The hooligans, their parents and ultimately the authorities let this lady and her daughter down - along with those "in the know" who ducked behind their net curtains and in turn aided and abetted the abuse.

I agree, supernana. I cannot imagine the absolute despair and fear that the lady and her daughter must have experienced. It's unbelievable that no-one picked up on the fact that the persecution of these poor people was taking place. It's bad enough that the police did nothing. What about those people around and about where they lived? Surely someone noticed something? Or, because perhaps the lady and her daughter both appeared to be vulnerable, did uncaring neighbours just shrug their shoulders and think that it was up to 'the authorities' to sort out? On thinking about it, are we not all 'the authorities', and we should keep a weather eye open for those in our community that are vulnerable?