UK Elections - whose looking out for Aspies

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My wife's been researching the different parties before the UK elections to see whose going to offer the most support for Aspies and so far its down to Lid Dems or Tories.

Any thoughts anyone on which party to vote for. ( I understand I'm being very narrow here policy wise and would have many reasons for voting but I'm interested in whether this is a factor for other Aspies in the UK)

It would certainly be a factor for me, if not the only one. I have briefly searched manifestos, and don't see mention of autism as such, but I know that for the proposed Scottish Autism Bill, it is a Lib-Dem MP who's proposed it and it seems to have more support from Lib-Dems than anyone else.

Sadly, although disability, mental health and autism are really important things to me, I'm not really voting based on these issues. Firstly, none of them really mention any of these things enough for me to think it's worth comparing, and secondly I really dislike a lot of Labour's policies, and some of the Tory ones so I'm voting Lib Dem because I can't vote for a party who have policies that I hate! Lib Dem want smaller class sizes in schools, which will benefit Aspies a lot as teachers can pay more attention to the needs of individual children which is what Aspies need - more 'individual' stuff as we don't fit in and think like the rest of the class.

I'm surprised, I would have thought that Labour supports minorities like us. Is there any explanation?

Yes I was surprised too but on the disabilities issue Labour come out at the bottom for Disabilities issues that could also help Aspies. In fact Labour MPs were the ones named and shamed in the papers over the Gary McKinnon case. But that is a separate matter anyway. As it stands both Lib Dem and Tories have more pro disability options that could benefit Aspies - I do need to be more specific - I need to ask my wife where she found the information she showed me yesterday and i will add links.

Personally I won't vote Tory. I was considering Labour but and am starting to feel that Lib Dem will be my getting vote. They currently speak the most sense of the three main parties in my view.

Still I don't wish to argue politics too much but things do need to change in respect to recognition and support for people within the Autistic Spectrum and if its reflected in any one the parties I'm taking it on board collectively with the other issues.

I don't where the conservatives or libdems stand on the issue, but I know first hand that funding into diagnosis and support over the last 15 years has been non existent. We had to leave the country to get it.

When I think of how my daughter has been left to struggle on over the years, it makes me want to go and smack them (those with the power) over the head with a rolled up copy of her diagnosis. Preferably dipped in concrete first.

yeah lib dems for me