chris54

Just looked it up and it is defiantly the key batter. Don't forget that the car knows which key you are using. If it has picked up that one key is faulty, it may be waiting to get a signal from that one to reset it warning light, or it may need to be reset at the garage using there computer. There may be something in the hand book about resetting it.

I think that means the battery in the key is dead. But then you said the key is broken which is probably why the warning light is on.

Don't want to be the bearer of doom but as far as we are concerned, apart from educational help at school, despite many attempts, we get no help at all. Others will tell you that help only seems to be forth coming when things reach crisis point, even then it is short lived.

As I read this, you seem to be talking about care needs. A lot of what you say seems to be contradictory. Be careful about saying he opens the car door and runs off, cars have child proof locks. In order for a child to get higher rate mobility they would need to be, for what ever reason, virtually unable to walk. It would be difficult to say a child cant walk but also need supervision because they run off.

As I understand it if someone has care needs both night and day then HRC would be payable. For a child it has to be substantially more than would normally be needed by a child of that age. From what you have said it sounds like you have a good case. Perhaps the query about the date has led to someone else looking at the case and maybe they have taken that view. Lets hope so.

What warning light is it. If it is something telling you something needs fixing that should have been fixed in the service that's one thing. But it could be something that has nothing to do with what was done during the service. What sort of service was it you had done. Some of the "CUT PRICE" Servise do not include every thing you might think they would. An MOT only tells you that the car is road worthy at the time the MOT was carried out.

To apply for a "English National bus pass for disabled person" you have to have a significant physical disability, get high rate mobility DLA, need day to day care from a designated carer or be unfit to hold a driving licence. This is taken from the application form on own councils web site.

Don't realy know what this is about but if she has sent you a copy of the form she has (you hope) sent in, you could always send a copy of your copy in as well just to make sure. I always take copies of all the relavent paper work with me when ever I go to important meeting etc, If the person I'm seeing does not have their copy to hand I give them one!!.

Stand corrected. Its normal,here (England)(at least I have never come across anyone staying in hospital who has not had a ID band on). Just wondering how they check who someone is if they are not conscious.

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A bit of topic, When school choice is talked about, it is always assumed that everyone has a hand full of schools withing a realistic travel distance. As far as secondary schools are concerned there is our local school the next one is being about 15 miles away. For any one here who chooses that one and gets a place there its then up to them to get their child to and from that school by car each day.

More and more there is seen as not distinction between Autism and Aspergers.

I assume you have a few school that are withing realistic travel distance. If you live more than 3 miles away from your nearest suitable school then you are entitled to free school transport. This can take many forms from a door to door taxi to a bus Pass. If you choose a school other than your local school you may not get school transport, a lot depends on your local councils interpretation of the law. Without a statement your child will be treated as any other child when it come to a school place. You can put down any school you like but ultimately its up to the council, using a set formula, which child goes to which school. In our case, even with a statement, as the school has two sites 5 miles apart, its up to the school which site our son went to. And there is no appeal against it. So if you think that your child need to go to a particular school because of their SENs then you need a statement and get that school named on it. Secondary school may seem a long way off but as has been said you need to get thing going now if you want to go down the statement road. Many councils seem reluctant to issue statement for children with lesser needs, on the ground of delegated funding, but even though no extra funding follows these children, it does give that child additional consideration when it come to school places etc.

First one was OK. I realy lost it with the others, not that I had that much idea about the first one. I don't realy have a favourite film or even type to film, I like anything with a good story.

I assume you mean the radio type the Sound an alarm if the person goes to far away. All in patients in hospital are given ID tag, new born babies are given 2 just in case one come off.

Iv been reading all this with interest. What come to my mind, would I want my child to wear something that would signal them out even more in school. I feel the answer is no. The staff should all be informed of the child's needs therefor the bracelet serves no purpose. If for what ever reason the child is out alone, then it is not going to protect them from "Stranger danger" Admittedly it may make anyone trying to help the child a little more concerned. What I would say would be a better way would be to have ID sewn into there clothing that would give some sort of contact details. A name label with a telephone number.

Not sure I said but his school is an academy. Iv gone into this on here in the past, but the main school was historically (over 100 years) a "state" school but always independent of the council and became a academy 2 years ago when it took over two other schools, one being our local school. It makes a big play on its SEN provision. I must say that so far they seem to be living up to this claim. My son is, in some subjects being taught in classes of 12 or so, all his classes have a TA. Only criticism I have at the moment is the number of different teachers he has in the week, 13?? Our council want all school to be academies, they have even gone as far as giving to job of setting up and running two new SED units to existing academy schools.(which I'm told gives the council very little control over them)(much to the horror of many) Apparently the units are not separate, stand alone units but fully integrated into the whole school(S), whatever that means. All part of there reorganisation of SENs provision. Basically To decentralize all SENs provision to save on transport costs. I have heard that our school, or at least the main site is in the running to set up a SENs unit.

Well it Dad actually. There is no school gate as such, the school is on a private road which serves it and a primary school. I wait across the road. Its a one way road with very few cars and a hand full of school coaches using it so its relatively safe for him to cross. I have and will continue to try and get him to walk some way down the road but we are talking about a boy who does not go into the front garden on his own and we live in a quiet road where you seldom see anyone.

Now into the second week of secondary school. So far all seems well. They changed sons grouping at the end of the first week, to start with they had focus to much on his academic ability and not enough on the support he needs to achieve it. He has dropped french and is doing more maths and english. In primary he got an award for his knowledge in science but putting that knowledge to use in the class room is entirely a different thing. I do have a few misgiving about the school, its our local mainstream school, a satellite to a much bigger school in the next town. In his year there are 4 tutor groups each of 20 children, it seems well staffed with TA. There's a lunch time social club (with staff supervision) which he goes to, instead of just aimlessly walking round the playground. He has a statement for 10 hours support a week, (despite our and his primary schools best efforts to get it increased) now funded through delegated funding. This 10 hours support is being achieved mainly by group support over the whole curriculum. I know not everyone agrees with this approach, but for our son I feel this works best, but will be keeping a close eye on how things are going. But the most important thing is that he is happy to go to school and so far comes out of school with a smile on his face. One thing that I have noticed, which stands out, at primary I was one of 100 parent meeting there child from school, now I'm stood there all alone.

Depends on who it is. It may be that they prioritise who they respond to first and never get to you. I'm guilty of this one. May be they feel no reason to respond. Try asking a direct question that needs an answer. If you message is in the form of a statement then is a response needed? And It could always be that they are not interested. I don't do texting. As far as emails are concerned, unless it is something important then a response, if needed is sent when I have time, like days time.

I hear people saying things like "we're hoping for a diagnosis of Autism" surely no one hopes to have Autism. I can understand a hope to get an explanation of what the course of a problem is and how to deal with it. My son was diagnosed at 7 with H.F.A. As naive as it may seem now it was only towards the end of the diagnosis process (about 12 months) that I realy become aware that Autism was in the frame. Many of the traits that are associated with Autism we put down as family traits, that a number of us have or had. I wonder how many of us (My family) would get a diagnosis if we put ourselves forward. I am certain now that my father would now be diagnosed with AS. maybe his father, from what I remember. But back then it was accepted as being "Just the way you are". As far as my son is concerned, having a formal diagnosis has helped with accessing (some) additional help at school. But that's about it. It has made no difference to home life, He is the same now as he has always been and is treated the same as always. Back to the original point raise. My son was head and shoulders above the rest of the class when they were doing Monitoring and Control in ICT, and "his knowledge of science is above many of his peers" something he is interested in. How much of this is to do with his Autism and how much to do with what we "Do" at home is anyone guess.

Don't see why not, the more people that know about it the better.

Next Sunday Hubberts Bridge, near Boston Lincolnshire, £1 each. http://www.lincolnshireparentcarercouncil.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=9 Put on by Lincolnshire parent cares council. The film shows are held in community halls around the area about ever 3 weeks and are open to all. Been myself, very relaxed, you can get up have a walk around make a noise, even have a cup of tea while the film is running.

I was thinking the same when this was first on the news. What will be lost in the haze of publicity about this case is how vulnerable government and big organizations are. One can only assume that when a more sophisticated "HACKER" goes in, they get what they want and don't leave any trace behind. You must remember that we never know about successful criminals. Not only don't they get caught, but their crimes are never discovered.

Iv worked in care of one sort or another for the last 13 years. The last 2 working in a care home for adults mainly with autism. Its just a shame that society as a whole doesn't value our work. One of the main reasons people leave is the low pay. My employer is teetering on the edge of solvency as it is and is being told by the LA that the fees are being cut. Not sure Ill have a job this time next year.