he's lived there longer now that he's lived at home. you cannot take that turmoil away. 0njune 29, 2001, pam and roy's son tony was detained under the mental health act. like many young people with autism in a learning disability, he did struggle to cope as he became an adult. i love you... i love you, too, tony. he's now lived in an atu, and assessment and treatment unit, for almost 21 years 100 miles from his family. the bbc has had to go to court to tell you to ny�*s story. his family of had to go to court to try and bring them back to brighton. one week runs into a month, a month runs into a year. then a year went, and another year went in another year went. we level back sometimes and would pull in and we'd sit and cry. i mean, i come home and i've got pam come home and i've got pam, she's atu use are designed for short—term stays in a crisis. the problem here is not tony but the system. psychiatrists said he's been fit for discharge since