East Riding Council threatens injunction against foremost mental health campaigner
	Colin Revell, area mental health campaigner, asks for support for his rights to campaign, and to have his mental health needs recognised and met appropriately. Letters to be sent to Minister Ann McGuire and to Councillor Parnaby, Leader of the Cabinet, East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Dec 2006	Colin's Letter to Anne McGuire, DED and East Riding of Yorkshire Council
	1/12/06 Dear Anne McGuire, Minister for Disabled People We have met on numerous occasions now and you are fully informed of my case here in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) and other public bodies and you asked me to write to you to keep you updated and informed of my case. I need to inform you that East Riding of Yorkshire Council are continually discriminating and abusing my basic human rights and (again) are threatening to issue another civil injunction on me as an Autistic/Neurodiverse professional disabled person to 'exclude' me from all their 'public-buildings' due to me asserting my 'disabled-voice' and peacefully campaigning for better 'services' for myself and others, children, adults, families and carers, experiencing and struggling living with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and / or Neurodiverse impairments and mental ill health/distress This is totally against the values of 'inclusion' and 'independent-living' which come within the Disability Equality Duty. East Riding of Yorkshire Council are wasting public money in continually taking this unlawful legal action against me. There has been nearly a million pounds spent in 'legal-fees' and other oppressive behaviour in their trying to 'stop' my health and social 'care-plan' being implemented. This 'money' would be better spent on my care and support and that of other disabled people's needs being met in the ERYC. I know you have spoken with Adrian Whyatt and I know you are well informed of other disabled peers and fellow professionals within my 'circle-of-support/friends' who are in my full support in this matter. Can I please ask for your full intervention in this urgent matter which we have discussed on the occasions we have met? You will be aware that some of my friends and colleagues within the UN Disability Convention are feeling my pain, hurt and distress that all this 'abuse' is causing me. I know Dr Linda Misek-Falkoff, UN Disability Convention, is very concerned and has intervened in and supported my case all these years. You will be receiving other emails on this matters from various individuals and groups within the local, national and international disabled people's, ASD's/NeuroDiversity, mental health 'survivors', inclusion and independent living movements who share my concerns at East Riding of Yorkshire Council's continued discriminatory and abusive behaviour towards me all these years now. I include below a copy of your article to the BBC Ouch on the 'Disability Equality Duty' Act that comes into force next week legally in the UK, but like the DDA 1995, is being totally ignored by ERYC and other public bodies here in the East Riding and Hull localities as I have experienced to my peril suffering all this abuse all these years as an Autistic/Neurodiverse professional disabled person trying to 'speak-out' for myself and others, but at what cost to my health and wellbeing and equality of opportunities and quality of life. My own social worker, Jayne Walker, who is employed by the Council has written to the ERYC legal departments and senior managers expressing about the threats' of 'injunctions' and court action and the impact it will have on my mental health and the their behaviour could be greatly be damaging to all the 'good-work' I am doing with my 'social-worker' who is trying to 'include' me and find me an 'home' and specialist 'support' to enable my 'independent-living' and improve my quality of life and equalities of opportunities within my professional education and career and employment prospects and implement my health and social 'care-plan' with Health and other public bodies within my case after all these years of being embattled with them since 1995 as you are fully aware and informed of. Yours Sincerely Colin Revell.... BBC Ouch article Behind The News The Disability Equality Duty by Anne McGuire, Minister for Disabled People http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/news/btn/disability_equality_duty.shtml