In all the time I was in there I was restrained 97 times and put in and out of seclusion frequently – 17 times in total. Assuming a human rights approach to her second pregnancy, Alexis succeeded in having an entirely uneventful, and ‘perfect’ autistic birth experience. Sadly, Alexis’s experience did not end with understanding and compassion; she absconded from her care setting and sought refuge with a friend. As time went by, she realised that the care she thought was going to help her, might just be the very thing that would destroy her. She explained that there was nothing wrong with me, but that my brain functioned differently and that I would need to learn to work with it.

I recommend that a CTR must be enforceable by law, this would be a positive start to keeping autistic people out of ATUS. Kisses and an embrace for the man who murdered her own mother: Emotional moment daughter of Muriel McKay -. Professionals can never help an autistic person manage themselves in an environment which is constantly changing and where a person can never gain control and autonomy. Appropriate routine and structure needs to be explored and set up which suits the individual person. I faced a daily cycle of inappropriate care, sensory overloads which turned into meltdowns, overmedication and concurrent use of multiple medications, restraint and sometimes seclusion.The result was a complete breakdown in communication where I would end up in overload and then meltdown. The system needs to be changed to be more supportive to autistic people experiencing mental health problems.

Co-regulation is key; how can we expect a distressed person to calm down in a punitive environment where sirens signal the beginning of a traumatising event, almost every single day in some institutions? Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun has home ransacked by burglars following spate of robberies in wealthy. Months passed and in April 2016 I was still living in a rehab centre, but by this time, I’d realised how inhumane my treatment had been.

Supporting individuals outwith a medical model means recognising and understanding their distress, and doing whatever is possible to support them and minimise this distress. People who were ‘on the ground’ daily and who spent the most time with autistic people were those with the least training.

I was traumatised by what I had experienced – the helplessness and constant fear of being punished for being myself. I sought help from my GP and after a year and a half of misdiagnosis and mistreatment I was lucky that an autism specialist witnessed one of my meltdowns and recognised my condition immediately. My parents – a prison officer and a police officer who are both retired now – have always been wonderfully supportive of me and my ‘quirks’.

I still fancy my beautiful wife but we sleep in separate beds: Debbie Hayton reveals how gender reassignment. She could not understand why her focus and passion, which had always won her praise in the past, was now causing “deep worry and deep scrutiny”.