This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition MOD to accept applications from those with ASD diagnosis
December 2018 the MOD reported to have not met their recruitment targets yet continue to overlook applications from those on the autistic spectrum
Assessing risk in every situation is a given, but over looking such a large population of significantly talented people within our society is archaic!
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Labour's Paula Sherriff, shadow minister for mental health, said while autism is not a mental health condition, people on the autistic spectrum often developed mental health conditions like anxiety.
Ms Sherriff called for a change in the law, saying current rules mean autistic people can be sectioned under the Mental Health Act even if they do not suffer a mental condition
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