He's been detained - but poses no risk to the public
A mum says her autistic son is being kept in a mental hospital along with some of the worst criminals in the nation - despite posing no threat to the public. Alison Rodgers, 60, a devoted mother-of-six who lives in Worksop, has been without her son for the past 15 years while he has stayed in various hospitals, being detained under the Mental Health Act.
"Some people that come into that sort of environment [at Rampton] can find it very difficult and frightening and it can create challenging behaviour, due to them being so frightened." Ms Rodgers says this demonstrates that he can mix effectively within society and has proposed that he would be better supported by a group of support workers who could come and offer their help while he stayed in his own home.
"We are talking about a frightened person who couldn't mix in school but has been made to go into the hospital with the worst people imaginable. I am going to carry on campaigning for as long as it takes. Some people don't know and can't believe that this kind of thing is happening." Ms Rodgers is being supported by Mencap and Access Social Care in her campaign to release her son and others in a similar situation across the country.
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