My severally autistic son was sectioned under the mental health act. Where he suffered mechanical, chemical and physical abuse.

We experienced severe anxiety and lack of sleep.

What could have been done differently by the public body? 

Wish we were believed and heard. Wish that the system could acknowledge the damage they caused.

Advice I would give to to public service leaders

Listen, believe and let’s change the system so that parents and families have more power to help their children.

Why the report on Systems Generated Trauma is so important

So that it can help others. That maybe could serve as a lesson to stop the abuses on mental health units and community care. So that the government can make changes so that no one else ever have to go through it.