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On Wednesday January 27th, Gomey and his mother received a message he would have to leave his home. Within 2 hours 6 policemen and several social workers came and took Gomey out of his secure environment and brought him to a psychiatric hospital in Montreal called "Hôpital Rivière-Des-Prairies".

The young man, who has never slept a night outside his home, was brought from the familiar, English speaking, environment into a complete strange situation without any preparation whatsoever. Added to his, for autism characteristic, impairment of communications skills a language barrier, because the hospital is french oriented. He does speak some words in French, but not enough to feel comfortable... if that would be possible under those circumstances....

And all due to one person who doesn't understand autism.

She's a social worker who took over the yearly ritual of a short assessment of the family to reach an agreement about some hours of respite care.

She just started 4 months ago and after speaking with Gomey for not even an hour she decided she knew it all and put the whole train of breaking up a happy family in motion.

She took matters in her own hands, probably without even consulting the professionals who know Gomey well and who never saw any reason to doubt Gomey, his family and his living conditions.The court order states that Gomey is is a danger to himself, to others, and even suicidal.

Something which is not recognised by anyone who knows Gomey.

And even more important: the doctor in the hospital that he is currently staying at informed the family that he doesn't self mutilate and is no danger to others or to himself.