The family of an autistic man is mounting a legal challenge to free him from “institutional” supported living.
The mother of the 30-year-old man has said he was “kidnapped” by the state after she won a judicial review over education funding and was granted deputyship.
The family with their son
She said her son was taken in 2014 and put in a home two counties away.
The mother says internal council reports refer to him frequently crying and asking to return home.
The family, who cannot be identified, have set up a CrowdJustice page to pay for their legal challenge.
‘Gagged by the courts’
On the fundraising page the parents, who are in their sixties, say they have been gagged by the courts.
They say they are “devastated by this heartbreak and injustice”.
The CrowdJustice page says the parents get only “very restrictive access visits under close supervision”.
Before being taken away, the man – who will always need support – was cared for by his older sister as well as his parents.
‘£200,000 spent trying to free son’
Earlier this year the family told how they spent £200,000 trying to free their son.
They have represented themselves against publicly funded lawyers working for the council, which cannot be identified, that removed their son.
The parents fear their son will become institutionalised and “never again enjoy the family life he was so happy in”.
The CrowdJustice page reports the judge said the mother was devoted, but suffered from “personality disorders as suggested by social workers which placed her son at risk”.
The judge said the door was not shut on the man’s return home if “there was a fundamental change” in the mother’s attitude.
You can visit the CrowdJustice page by clicking here.
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Published: 16 November 2019
