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15 Dec 2021, 10:57 am

Victory for neighbours who objected to Peterborough house being turned into autism care home

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A controversial application to change a Peterborough house into a care home for people with autism has been thrown out.

The five-bedroom property in Orton Waterville would have been converted into a six-room residential care home under the plans.

But speaking at a meeting of Peterborough Council's planning committee, chair Chris Harper said: “While I wholeheartedly agree with, and fully support, autism care in our community, the applicant has not sufficiently demonstrated to me the need for this facility in this part of Peterborough.

“That, coupled with their complete lack of interaction with the community, local residents, parish councillors and city councillors was, in my opinion, a huge mistake.”


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16 Dec 2021, 8:29 am

Nimbyism!


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18 Dec 2021, 3:24 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
Victory for neighbours who objected to Peterborough house being turned into autism care home
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A controversial application to change a Peterborough house into a care home for people with autism has been thrown out.

The five-bedroom property in Orton Waterville would have been converted into a six-room residential care home under the plans.

But speaking at a meeting of Peterborough Council's planning committee, chair Chris Harper said: “While I wholeheartedly agree with, and fully support, autism care in our community, the applicant has not sufficiently demonstrated to me the need for this facility in this part of Peterborough.

“That, coupled with their complete lack of interaction with the community, local residents, parish councillors and city councillors was, in my opinion, a huge mistake.”


Autism care homes require a super detailed level of planning for the safety of residents, but also access to facilities relative to the location of such a home and many other little things that might not immediately be thought about. It's difficult to put such a home in the middle of a crowded housing area.

It doesn't help that care workers are being threatened with mandatory vaccines & that tens of thousands are leaving the industry because of the move. It is almost like the government is leaving Autistic folk to rot by forcing vaccines onto care workers.


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18 Dec 2021, 6:34 pm

May be I am old and cynical, but I had a sense the "Care home" had a penumbra of "QuikProffit Enterprises" about it, and others have pointed out putting together a proper care facility in is not s trivial matter.

Retention of staff is often a problem in he care sector, in possible reason may be poor rates of pay, unsocial hours as caring isn't a nine to five operation.

Interesting to see the antivax troll postings piping up all over wp, but sadly we on the spectrum are sometimes seen as soft targets and easy recruits to entice into the fringes.



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19 Dec 2021, 2:57 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Victory for neighbours who objected to Peterborough house being turned into autism care home
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A controversial application to change a Peterborough house into a care home for people with autism has been thrown out.

The five-bedroom property in Orton Waterville would have been converted into a six-room residential care home under the plans.

But speaking at a meeting of Peterborough Council's planning committee, chair Chris Harper said: “While I wholeheartedly agree with, and fully support, autism care in our community, the applicant has not sufficiently demonstrated to me the need for this facility in this part of Peterborough.

“That, coupled with their complete lack of interaction with the community, local residents, parish councillors and city councillors was, in my opinion, a huge mistake.”


Autism care homes require a super detailed level of planning for the safety of residents, but also access to facilities relative to the location of such a home and many other little things that might not immediately be thought about. It's difficult to put such a home in the middle of a crowded housing area.

It doesn't help that care workers are being threatened with mandatory vaccines & that tens of thousands are leaving the industry because of the move. It is almost like the government is leaving Autistic folk to rot by forcing vaccines onto care workers.


I work for an adult day program, and I can tell you we've had many individuals get COVID from their house staff. Thank God most of these individuals have been vaccinated. They've managed to endure, though one lost oxygen for a time and has had issues since then. Our safety procedures have prevented any outbreaks within the program, so this stuff does work. And, frankly, if these staff can work with the vulnerable then they should be jumping to get vaccinated. Mandated vaccines only speaks to their poor character.



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19 Dec 2021, 3:23 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:

It doesn't help that care workers are being threatened with mandatory vaccines & that tens of thousands are leaving the industry because of the move. It is almost like the government is leaving Autistic folk to rot by forcing vaccines onto care workers.


Yes, clearly care workers who work with the most vulnerable of the population should be unvaccinated during a pandemic... :roll:

I just can't even...my brain hurts now trying to fathom this level of foolishness.


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19 Dec 2021, 3:25 pm

That's the UK, where I hear you can be arrested and locked away for being autistic.


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19 Dec 2021, 5:38 pm

^ As a UK resident, I'm somewhat surprised by that assertion. Have you any hard evidence to back it up?


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20 Dec 2021, 11:26 am

My suspicion is that the assertion is based on some cases where there has been something of a chain of events where each link had not been handled well and matters escalated each step and things ended up in secure residential care facilities such as forensic units.

But these are sets of horrible events not a blanket policy of locking people up for being autistic.



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21 Dec 2021, 3:05 am

DeepHour wrote:
^ As a UK resident, I'm somewhat surprised by that assertion. Have you any hard evidence to back it up?


This is on the BBC news website today:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59733934

"A whistle-blower in the case of an autistic man who has been detained in hospital since 2001 says he feels complicit in his "neglect and abuse".

A BBC investigation found 100 people with learning disabilities have been held in specialist hospitals for 20 years or more, including Tony Hickmott."

That's not the only case that's been in the news.