How ambitious? Autism

rom: Mark Frodsham <MFrodsham@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk>
> Date: 6 June 2011 08:58
> Subject: RE: re Jamie Jones FYI thanks
> To: "lizrobillard@gmail.com" <lizrobillard@gmail.com>
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> I’ve been trying to draft holding statement on this (past emails have
> been sent to the media) but the school have seriously dragged their
> feet. They’ve still not got back to me and it’s been months.
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> Unlikely to be taken seriously by the media but still worth doing.
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> Mark
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> Mark Frodsham
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> Head of Communications
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> Ambitious about Autism
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> Telephone  020 8815 5161 Mobile 07733 263 096
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> Address The Pears National Centre for Autism Education, Woodside
> Avenue, London N10 3JA
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> From: lizrobillard@gmail.com [mailto:lizrobillard@googlemail.com]
> Sent: 05 June 2011 13:32
> To: fay.wright@rbkc.gov.uk; helen.twining@rbkc.gov.uk; simon.tyler;
> Media; Jane Kuria-Ronaldson; info@treehouse.org.uk
> Cc: Wrennall, Lynne; Rita Pal; jessica graves; SHAYLOR, Christine;
> Linda Wade; Your Earl's Court Councillors
> Subject: re Jamie Jones FYI thanks
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> Adult ssD team - w8 - rbkc
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> June 5th 2011
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> Hi
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> I'm writing to let you know what I'd need for Jamie
> when/if he's placed back home with me in the near future.
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> I wouldn't require Jamie to remain at Treehouse/Talkaboutautism.
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> I would require 2-3 hours a day of assistance / help
> mainly to ensure Jamie has some life-experience (regularly) outside*
> and/ attends a day- centre for some time during the week - if there is
> a day centre- I am happy to go along with their hours/activities
>  but during holidays I would still need the 2-3 hours help daily
> for Jamie as disability doesn't take holidays, so I would organise
> my own  holiday arrangements with benefit money.
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> I am confident I can get Jamie to local places myself
> and look forward to taking him out for lunch and
> shopping.  We have a garden and he likes to sit out in it
> and play basketball.  He enjoys cooking and other ordinary
> activities. I am very well qualified in behaviorism and
> now nutrition also, I am disabled but I can handle Jamie,
> he responds well to me and always did. He can to a degree
> care for himself eg. can dress/undress himself, take himself
> to bathe/wash/loo and prepare simple drinks and snacks although
> he still needs much supervision to do this as he is not aware of
> all dangers.
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> I am not suffering from any emotional issues other than
> I miss Jamie and I worry for him, not knowing how he
> is is horrible, it would be for any mother. I especially worry how
> he must  perceive losing his mother without understanding things,
> we had a good friendship and he loves and misses me, you always do
> if you have a good mother. My own mother died over ten years ago
> and I miss her a lot, it does not go away. You always miss the people
> you care about. Jamie and I are human like that.
> 
> Any questions, please feel free to write back.
> 
> Yours sincerely
> 
> E.C.Lucy Robillard, mother to Jamie Jones D.O.B. xxxxxxx
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