Yes you do, and to me it is fairly clear, why you do.
One has to examine this whole story not from the perspective of the law, but
the perspective of social dynamics and social psychology.
Essentially we have two world views that are at odds, the position of an
individual and the position of a privileged and self sustaining elite.
It can be seen that Colin's construction of what we see, a fearless freedom
fighter with law on his side, is at odds with what "authority" sees, that is
a relatively powerless individual, who is to put it bluntly unpleasant in
his mannerisms and a time waster, just a thorn in their sides they can
easily dismiss.
I can recall meeting Colin many years ago when he showed me this famous
community care plan, that seemed very ambitious, he assured me I could
obtain a similar level of care from my local authority.
At the time I thought this was too ambitious and that knowing the financial
and political set up of my own social services department from years of
advocacy that it would be impossible for me to obtain such a level of care
as indeed it has proved for Colin.
I might well stand to be criticised for not pursuing my own case with the
same dedication as Colin, notwithstanding with regard to Mental Health I
have taken matters as far as the ombudsman (and unsuccessfully too)
The difference I think and what ties in with the first statement is, that
when I made myself unpleasant to the local authority, I did it in the
context of being part of an organisation that the local authority could not
dismiss as easily as it dismissed the individual, so though I may have made
many tactical errors (and I daresay I still do, Colin and I are not unlike)
I had the security of particular groups behind me, who had established a
greater credibility than myself. At least no-one has injunctions and asbo's
restraining me from entering Council offices.
I don't think Colin will ever come happily out of this, but the point is to
realise that those who have credibility and status should deal with those
who have credibility and status ensuring that thereby the credibility and
status of individuals like Colin and I is enhanced in the future, and I am
not talking specifically about either Colin or myself here but "us" in the
generality, who experience social, economic and educational disadvantage
Though I have to say battling against "the old school tie" and "the funny
handshake" is something that all outsiders are up against.
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 08 January 2007 11:40
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> Subject: Colin Revell;- In response to 'injunction' and I need your
> support!!!
>
> 8/1/06
>
> To all my friends, colleagues within my COS/F's and others and allies
> within the local, national and international Disabled Peoples',
> NeuroDiversity, Survivors, Independent and Inclusive living movements....
> *
> Please forward within your networks
>
> In response to the recent 'injunction' forced upon me by the 'Disablist'
> Courts who the Judge totally abused my basic human rights and 'ignored'
> all
> submissions within my case. Why?
>
> This is some historical background information to inform you all....
>
> As you some of you may be informed that I have numerous difficulties
> within
> communication and correspondence and especially 'professional-client'
> relationship difficulties/problems with all my previous
> solicitors/barrristers, due to their lack of basic/specialist training
> within Autistic Spectrum Disorders (Asperger Syndrome), Tourettes Syndrome
> and other NeuroDiverse impairments and them not making any
> reasonable-adjustments and when I have complained they have just struck me
> off their caseload and 'fraudently' taken thousands of pounds legal aid
> funding without doing anything for me and that's why I had to try start
> issuing the claims myself which you know what has happened. What does
> this
> say about 'Disability-Equality'??
>
> I have made complaints to the Law Society, BAR Council and Legal Services
> Ombudman, Disabilty Rights Commission on 'disability equality' issues and
> basic human rights for all disabled people, but as you may know with all
> the
> publc bodies within my case I am just 'totally-ignored' and all my
> complaints are 'whitewashed'.
>
> The legal profession and all the Courts (HMCS/DfCA) in this country have
> no
> understanding of basic human rights for 'equality-of-opportunities' for
> all
> disabled people at all. They are getting away with total abuse of disabled
> people in denying 'natural-justice' and there is nothing none of us can
> do,
> I have tried 'whistle-blowing' and look what has happend to me.
>
> It's been put within all my reports by Dr Aylott, Dr Shah, Professor
> Howlin
> and others that I need an 'independent-advocate' to communicate and
> correspond and 'work-with' and instructed solictors/barristers from the
> very start within my case. So I need an 'indspendent-advocate' to make
> initial contact with these legal firms on my behalf, but John Meakin, Dr
> Aylott, Christine Breakey, Jo Todd, Mellissa Moore, Jayne Sochousky, Joe
> Whittaker, Navin Kikabhai and Adrian Whyatt have approached numerous
> solictors around the country which for various reasons they have refused
> to
> take on my cases.
>
> Mellissa and others have stated that soon has my name is mentioned, then
> some of the solictors go on the defensive and don't want to know. What
> does
> this tell you?
>
> Is it because I have 'whistle-blowed' and opened up a 'pandora's box'
> about
> the 'institutionalised-disablism' and epecially 'neurotypicalism' against
> 'Neurodiverse' and other disabled people and complained about 'fraudalent'
> use of public money by previous legal advocates within my case which they
> did not act in my 'best-interests' and just stole from the 'public-purse'
> and now for complaining I have been 'blackballed' in receiving
> 'equality-of-arms' to 'natural-justice' as an Autistic/NeuroDiverse
> disabled
> person for adhering to my own professional 'code-of-practice/ethics' and
> also personal beliefs and values too in 'standing-up' and 'speaking-out'
> against all forms of 'oppression' and 'injustices' against all disabled
> people and especailly Autistic/NeuroDiverse disabled people in my case.
>
> As some of you may know I have been to Local Government Ombudsman, Health
> and Parliamentry Ombudsman, Legal Services Ombudsman and Indpendent Police
> Compalints Authority (IPCC), but I am not getting anywhere with them.
>
> There has been report, in which is continually delayed now from the Health
> Services Ombudsman, which Dr Aylott, Adrian Whyatt attended a meeting, in
> June 05, with the Health Services Ombudsman and Professsor Howlin was
> acting
> as the 'clinical-expert' in my case. They was an 'external-report' from Mr
> Haliday into all the delays into all my compalints by Mr Haliday which was
> very critical of the Health Service Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman
> and all other public bodies within my case. Mr Haliday stated very clealy
> that I have suffered human rights abuses and asked for the Health Service
> Ombudsman (Mr Paul Robson) to conclude their report with Professor Howlin
> within a 3 month period, that was over 6 months ago and I still have not
> received his report. This has been going on now since 1995 with Health
> Services Ombudsman and all other public bodies within my case and I seem
> to
> hit brickwalls all the time and it's called the 'revolving-door-syndrome'.
>
> I ring and email him, but he never contacts me hardly and he has a legal
> duty to update me what's happening.
>
> If I then complain; and then try and 'self-advocate'; and try to register
> my
> disabled 'voice' in recording my complaints and protests, then for doing
> so
> I am continually 'victimised, harrassed, unlawfully arrested and
> imprisoned
> and subjected to 'incitement-to-hatred',
> 'individual/institutionalised-disablism-and-neurotypicalism', 'abuse' and
> totally 'injustices' as an Autistic/Neurodiverse professional disabled
> person that no human-being should have to take on contend with on a daily
> basis.
>
> "This injunction is another example of the evidence of 'abuse' in my case
> at
> what lengths the public bodies and Courts will go to to try and scare-me
> off
> and 'gag' me and violate my basic human rights to indignfy me and ruin my
> life and equality of opportunities as a professional disabled person.
>
> I am being blamed for 'them' failing to discharge their duty of care and
> me
> 'self-advocating' and 'speaking-up/out' for myself and advoacting for/with
> others too. What does this say about anti-oppresive practice I that the
> state educated me?
>
> Like all clinical and other reports and evidence all the years in my case
> they have 'suppressed', 'lost' all are just left on 'shelves' to gather
> dust' by all public bodies and Court. What does this say?
>
> As you can see that I can't make any intial contacts with any legal firms
> and I need support of an 'independent-advocate' to do so. This is the same
> for all other public bodies too.
>
> Adrian Whyatt has advised that all my cases are taken straight to the
> European Courts of Human Rights. What do you think?
>
> I hope this historical background in my case helps you to understand more
> what I have experienced all these yeard and all the abuse I've suffered
> and
> the impact this is having on my overall health and wellbing and stress
> causing to me on a daily basis.
>
> As anyone got any ideas what I can do now. I would appreciate all your
> support.
>
> FREEOURPEOPLE
>
> Take Care
>
> Colin Revell
>
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