Autistic teenager Liam Brunskill in adult care wrangle
The Autism News | English
AN autistic teenager’s future could be decided by a court after his parents and City of York Council failed to agree on where he should live as an adult.
Liam Brunskill’s mother Mandy, of Clifton Moor, York, wants him to live in supported accommodation near Doncaster, close to Wilsic Hall, the residential school where he has been for seven years.
She says he can continue to be cared for by people he knows there, and can continue to do activities he enjoys, such as canoeing, pottery and dancing.
Nineteen-year-old Liam also says he wants to live near Doncaster, in supported accommodation near Hesley Village – a community for people with learning disabilities run by the Hesley Group, which also runs Wilsic Hall.
But City of York Council’s adult care services, now responsible for Liam, say he does not have the capacity to decide.
They want him to live in supported accommodation in York.
The dispute has dragged on for more than a year, through assessments, a best interests meeting, and a complaint by the Brunskills to the Local Government Ombudsman, which was not upheld.
The council says it now plans to refer the case to the Court of Protection.
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