Daryll - Interview 6  

Daryll - Interview 6

Age at Interview: 60
Sex: Female
Background: Daryll, a special needs teacher, is divorced with a son aged 22 and daughter aged 19. Ethnic background/nationality: White British

Brief outline:Daryll’s daughter Tiffany was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when she was 14 and is waiting for an agreement by social services to fund her social care during university.

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Daryll describes how various services said they had no experience of Asperger syndrome and did not know where to send Tiffany for support.

 



We heard from every team in you can think of from Social Services. And they all came.. they said, “Yes. All right, she has got this condition, she needs this help. But it is nothing to do with us. It has got to go to somebody else” and the Mental Health Trust which has only really used to dealing with schizophrenia, bipolar and severe things, they have had no experience of it. And I even rang the Connexions service. Is this national I don’t know? I think it is. And they said, “Well we have never come across this problem before. We don’t know where to send you”. So I said, “Well if you resolve it, could you please come back”.

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