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Hey there FenMan. Yeah it's likely that he couldn't apply for a disable persons railcard though we are now looking to see if he can get an Attention Card that he might be able to use if he gets himself into odd situations where his AS starts to cause him problems. He is generally high...

I will certainly do that. We have 14 days to reply to the letter from the date it was sent ( 17/06/19 ) so our reply would be due on 30th June ( if my maths is correct )

Thankyou all so far for your advice. I think we will get our son to outline details of what actually happened - as per the request by the Debt Recovery manager and a letter of apology etc etc, along with a covering letter & his diagnosis to hopefully explain how his condition affected his...

Thanks Fawkes Cat. Yup, as you've noticed, he does have his original diagnosis which also gives some details of a number of his "particular" character traits. Hopefully, this might at least prevent them from proceeding to court - I think in that eventuality he would probably submit a guilty...

Appreciate the reply scrapy. As the unpaid amount of his fare that day amount to about 20 pence ( he did purchase a ticket - eventually - for the Warrington Central to Manchester Piccadilly part of the journey )I'm not sure that they might regard a cheque for that small amount as being a bit...

Hi centraltrains. Nope, he doesn't hold a disabled persons railcard. ( we weren't aware that AS qualified for such a card - will look into this ) Will also investigate the links you sent regarding the attention cards. My son the "sticking to routine" king . He has routines for pretty much...

Thanks Fawkes Cat. Yeah you have pretty much confirmed what I suspect could be the final outcome ( worst case scenario etc ) My son has fully accepted that his actions were wrong and that it would appear that he was trying to avoid paying his fare. With regards to not purchasing/holding a...

No...he had probably around 20 minutes at Warrington but, as centraltrains mentions above, he can get very stuck into a routine due to his Aspergers ( in this case - get on train and purchase his ticket on the journey from the inspector ) it simply didn't occur to him to go to find a ticket...

Hi Stigy, Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I certainly do appreciate how this looks. Reading the letter again, it doesn't state a specific charge - it merely informs him that an evidential report has been submitted by the Officer that he encountered and that, to quote, " Before the Company...

My 21yr old son ( who has Aspergers Syndrome ) was stopped and given a Travel Incident Report by Northern ( by Arriva ) a couple of weeks ago and has just received a letter requesting his version of events which we are about to complete and return. Was hoping to seek the advice of the community...