Sheffield Star non-stories megathread

[alchresearch 215]

Many many more than that I am sure "rules is rules" seemed to be a fairly common response

 

Here's the thread, have a look yourself:

 

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542536

 

I can't see "many" defending the landlady. The couple that did soon got abuse from other posters.

[Noob 10]

I see you're looking into the mirror again.

 

The old ones are the best! Hilarious. :hihi:

[SkaAsWit 10]

I've only ever met one person with autism - I'm not very clued up on the disability. I know he was perfectly fine all round really, he just likes drawing and painting

 

You've certainly met a lot more people with autism than just the one. Autism covers a very wide range of disorders. The severely autistic can require constant 24 hour care and be completely unaware of reality, never developing intellectually from when they were born. Others can lead completely normal lives and be extrememly gifted in some respects as a result of being autistic. The spectrum varies massively in the affect it has on individuals and some people don't even know they are autistic as it isn't diagnosed in them.

 

I don't think the Star should have printed this story. It's worse than the usual moan-to-the-press-at-officaldom-because-I-have-a-problem story. If autism is the root cause of his debt then they should have got him some support. Instead it's like they're treating him as a freak show. They should have known that this matter was more sensitive than usual but then the Star is a tabloid rag.

[Leah-Lacie 10]

You've certainly met a lot more people with autism than just the one. Autism covers a very wide range of disorders. The severely autistic can require constant 24 hour care and be completely unaware of reality, never developing intellectually from when they were born. Others can lead completely normal lives and be extrememly gifted in some respects as a result of being autistic. The spectrum varies massively in the affect it has on individuals and some people don't even know they are autistic as it isn't diagnosed in them.

 

I don't think the Star should have printed this story. It's worse than the usual moan-to-the-press-at-officaldom-because-I-have-a-problem story. If autism is the root cause of his debt then they should have got him some support. Instead it's like they're treating him as a freak show. They should have known that this matter was more sensitive than usual but then the Star is a tabloid rag.

 

Sorry, I've been introduced to one person whom I know 100% was autistic. He is a great artist.

[staffsNlaffs 10]

Asperger's falls under the autism umbrella as well..

[madasfish 10]

What an idiot.

 

any expansion?

[madasfish 10]

Here's the thread, have a look yourself:

 

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542536

 

I can't see "many" defending the landlady. The couple that did soon got abuse from other posters.

 

Counted 17 people ,who agreed with the landlady - suppose we could argue as to whether that consitutes "many" - in my eyes even 1 was wrong.

[Alcoblog 10]

What an idiot.

I wouldn't call him that!

As a kid I came 'second' in the 'British Lego building competition' (about 1965) held in Redgates if anyone remembers it!

I won such a large box of Lego, I reckoned (in my naivety) that I could build a full sized house! Bear in mind, James May actually did build one!

[Plain Talker 11]

What a pathetic man to use his mental illness as an excuse for getting himself in debt!

 

As opposed to the proportion of society that are fortunate enough not to have a mental illness and still descend into debt? Is he pathetic for being mentally ill or pathetic for being in debt? Which is it?

 

yes, that would make sense, but then fortunately, to don't have autism interfering with your decision making. lucky you.

 

i am really saddened by the attitude of many in here, amazed that they cant take off their hate blinkers even for a autistic man.

 

What Minki and moke said. In spades.

 

surely the question is more about sheffield homes mis management of this guys tenancy. They didn't identify him as needing some help to maintain it?

 

Also, why are they threatening him with eviction when others can and do rack up more debt and are allowed to keep living in their homes?

 

1) yes but as others have said, the problem is that the supposed support systems often allow folk to fall through the cracks (If the support can be set up in the first place

 

2) there should be more done about the amount of rent-debt and help for people who are struggling to make arrangements toward paying off what they owe.

 

If building Lego models helps with anxiety, then fair enough. But wouldn't it be wiser to have maybe one large bucket of Lego, and rebuild with it when you feel a little anxious, rather than splashing out on these expensive collectors edition sets?

 

The difficulty with many forms of autism is, that folk focus on the "now" rather than the future. So the need to buy the Lego, for example, overrides them thinking "Ooh I have rent to pay" and the idea of rebuilding as you suggest, again, would not occur to them.

[woodmally 10]

I find it very strange that they are taking him to court for £169!!! I know its a lot to him but thats pitance to the council.

[staffsNlaffs 10]

I find it very strange that they are taking him to court for £169!!! I know its a lot to him but thats pitance to the council.

 

But they're very adept at screwing money from easy prey, it's the ones that put up a decent fight that cause them to lose their bottle.

[Hopman 46]

This in The Star today:

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/butlins_say_bye_de_bye_as_group_turned_away_after_30_years_1_3551750

 

A GROUP of Sheffield people with learning disabilities has been turned away from their annual September holiday at Butlins in Skegness - because their presence is ‘intimidating’ to families with young children.

 

A party from a weekly club which meets at Firth Park’s Milan Centre every Friday night has enjoyed an annual week on the Lincolnshire coast for the last 19 years - but this year’s trip has been cancelled by camp managers.

 

Butlins says the group of 26 people looked after by 10 carers has simply grown too large - and they would still be happy to take them in two batches.

 

 

I find it hard to believe that under 5s would be worried by outsiders. As for over 5s, what sort of person would take their children away from school right at the beginning of a school year?