Andrew Deans MSYP, for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, popped up this week in The Press & Journal paper about putting forth his Members Motion at the up and coming sitting in March. The motion supports a ban of the highly disputed Mosquito device; a device which omits a high pitched noise and can only be heard by young people, designed to stop youngsters congregating in public areas. If his motion is passed it will be presented to the Scottish Government’s petitions committee.
The motion is currently already supported by Liberty; the human rights organisation, and also the Scottish branch of the National Autistic Society, and has recently been debated in The House of Commons at Question Time last week, however it was described as "very helpful" in dispersing groups of young people! Hmm, what do you think? Facebook us please!
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People who use these devices seem to forget that it does not only effect teenagers but most people under the age of 21 so were talking a age range of 0-21.
When a 30 year old mother who can not hear the noise pops down to her local shop (where a Mosquito devise is being used) with her six month old baby the mother will not hear the noise however, the baby that she brings along with her does.
The Mother while shes at the shops bumps into her best mate Chantelle so they get talking for the next 20min while the baby has to put up with the noise. None of the adults can hear the noise so the mother starts to move the pram back and forward to try and calm the baby down while shes having a chinwag.
The baby is only six months old and can not tell her mother what the problem is.
Or what about the boy with Autism who can not stand the sound of the device?? He can no longer go to his local shop even though he has done nothing wrong.
Why should he be discriminated against?
The main point is that it discriminates the Majority of people under the age of 21 for the Minority amongst the age group.
I urge everyone to get involved and I also call on all MSYPs to vote for the Motion that Andrew is putting forward.
If you have any questions please contact me at: austin.sheridan.msyp@sypmail.org.uk and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Posted by Austin Sheridan MSYP
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