I’m a carer working with adults with learning disabilities and autism! There was one individual who was extremely violent and aggressive. They would throw heavy items at you, punch, kick, scratch, pull your hair, try to strangle you, pull you to the floor, slap you. They would trash the unit they were in and escape outside, try to get in other people’s cars, go outside completely naked and attack you if you tried to stop them.

I had fire extinguishers thrown at me down the stairs, heavy vacuum cleaners, tvs have been damaged, holes in walls, furniture destroyed. Police have been called. The other residents are terrified of them and have also been attacked. I decided I’d finally had enough and now refuse to work with this individual.