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'I don't look ill enough' — [adults with Asperger's syndrome]
Author(s)	Natalie Valios
Journal title	Community Care, issue 1708, 7 February 2008
Pages	pp 26-27
Source	http://www.communitycare.co.uk
Keywords	Autism ; Services ; Psychiatric treatment ; Multi disciplinary ; Liverpool ; Oldham.
Annotation	Adults with Asperger's syndrome face a dearth of services as often they do not meet mental health or disability teams' criteria. This article outlines two models of care provision. First, the multi-agency Liverpool Asperger Team - established in 2003 and funded by the local authority and Central Liverpool Primary Care Trust - has received more than 400 referrals. Second, Oldham Council has invested in multi-agency autism training and is a pilot for the In Control scheme, helping autistic adults to use their budgets to buy support services and to be supported by the vulnerable adults team. The National Autistic Society (NAS) I Exist campaign (at www.think-differently.org.uk) focuses on how the needs of autistic people are being ignored: 45% of local councils have no process for managing how autistic adults receive support. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080212216 A
Classmark	E7A: I: LP: 3DM: 84B: 83F *
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