Petition Make it mandatory for public transport staff to have autism training.

A couple of days ago, I got attacked due to having autism and the bus driver and everyone on the bus thought I was being rude. If the bus driver had autism training, it could of helped alot.

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A couple of days ago, I was on the West Midlands Public bus. I have aspergers syndrome and I got confrontation thrown at me by a woman on the bus and by then I was stressed out and I froze because of my autism. The bus driver + people on the bus thought I was rude as they tried talking to me and I froze and couldn't speak. Everyone thought I was being rude when I froze due to my autism. I got attacked because of my autism. If the bus driver knew about my autism this could of been avoided.

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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