Legislation!! In our Time??
The story so far
In January 2006 the NI Transitional Assembly pledged
itself to work for Autism and then in June MLAs signed
up to a campaign for legislation. In between these dates there was a trip
over to Whitehall for local
Autism NI Branch representatives and MPs/ MLAs for the launch of a partnership
between Northern Ireland and Wales by the Secretary of State, Peter Hain.
We came away from that with a commitment from the Secretary of State to
meet with him to exchange views as well as his promise to correct the alarming
and Ill-formed recommendation of the NI Review of Mental Health & Learning
Disability (Bamford
Review 2006) To place ASD within Mental Health
.
