The social worker “knew it all” and now autistic Gomey is taken away from his family.

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 594No Comments2010-02-05+21%3A39%3A55Laane

Those who are reading this blog for a longer time know I’m a mom of 4 autistic sons and my past with caretakers and other professionals in education, care and psychiatry consists of 23 intensive years.

I was able to stand as a brick for my children because I studied psychology and specialised in autism.
But only parents in the same situation know how stressful it is to deal with some professionals, because they have the power.
And sometimes I lay awake at night and different scenarios trouble me for hours, because there’s one huge difference between me and them: they can put a signature under any form they want and with that they can send something in motion that destroys everything I’ve reached with my children.

Yesterday Gomey’s brother asked me to help him get attention for what happened in his family.
He was devastated, because his 19 year old autistic brother was taken away from his home by 6 policemen!!!!! and a few social workers, because a new social worker thought his brother was a danger to himself and others.
It’s a huge question why and how she reached that decision. She’d only spoken with Gomey for less than an hour.

Gomey is 19 and his rights were and are violated.
He is forced to stay at a hospital for 21 days, even though it is clear already that the social worker made a huge mistake.

The fate of Gomey is not only in the hands of a social worker and of those who take over her writings without using their brains.
Public opinion has a huge influence.
It makes people be more careful, follow the law, and it can create understanding for an individual situation.

Help me spread Gomey´s story, help me to set him free and bring him back to his family.