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Technical question
Dec. 8th, 2010 12:41 pmIs there a way to post a .pdf document to LJ? 'Cause I have the Best. Court. Order. Ever. to share and I can't. :( Especially since it won't let me turn it into a .jpg file.
Dec. 8th, 2010
Taken from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] here:
Stephen Neary and the Court of Protection
This one's doing the rounds today – the story of an autistic child who has been removed from his father's care, for seemingly, no sensible reason other than bureaucratic procedure. It it is as presented (and I've seen a lot of people prefix retweeting it with that, I suspect because like me people simply don't want to believe that this *can* be true) than this is deeply saddening, and Something Ought To Be Done. I cannot fathom how this could be allowed to happen – it would seemingly require *far* too many people who are allegedly "carers" to be Orwellian bureaucratic jobsworths with a shred of human decency or willingness to stop and think. So: a link that deserves to do the rounds, in the hope of Something Getting Done.
There's a link to an online petition on the original article for you to sign, and spread the word as much as you can to as many places as possible. Considering many of us internet geeks at least know of someone in their circle in the autism spectrum, this is something that particularly strikes close to home. Besides, you know, the whole awful situation where two people who are happy living together are separated for no real apparent reason than bureaucracy gone mad.
And I thought the idea with the health system these days was to get people out of institutions, not put them in.
Stephen Neary and the Court of Protection
This one's doing the rounds today – the story of an autistic child who has been removed from his father's care, for seemingly, no sensible reason other than bureaucratic procedure. It it is as presented (and I've seen a lot of people prefix retweeting it with that, I suspect because like me people simply don't want to believe that this *can* be true) than this is deeply saddening, and Something Ought To Be Done. I cannot fathom how this could be allowed to happen – it would seemingly require *far* too many people who are allegedly "carers" to be Orwellian bureaucratic jobsworths with a shred of human decency or willingness to stop and think. So: a link that deserves to do the rounds, in the hope of Something Getting Done.
There's a link to an online petition on the original article for you to sign, and spread the word as much as you can to as many places as possible. Considering many of us internet geeks at least know of someone in their circle in the autism spectrum, this is something that particularly strikes close to home. Besides, you know, the whole awful situation where two people who are happy living together are separated for no real apparent reason than bureaucracy gone mad.
And I thought the idea with the health system these days was to get people out of institutions, not put them in.