Clause 2
Mental Health Bill [Lords]
11:30 am
Tim Boswell (Daventry, Conservative)
Does my hon. Friend agree that, notwithstanding my less extensive experience of such conditions, this is a particularly sensitive matter and certain people with autistic spectrum disorders may be rather high performers, whether they have Asperger’s syndrome, and may not, in some definitions—including locally, in my experience—be regarded as learning disabled on account of that? However, both in terms of some of their social behaviour and their need for social support, such people are clearly in this category, without being mentally disabled in any sense.