Autistic man should not be forced to have dialysis, judge rules

Autistic man should not be forced to have dialysis, judge rules An autistic man with "chronic" kidney disease should not be forced to undergo dialysis, despite the "potentially fatal consequence of not having it", a judge has ruled.

The 26-year-old man, who is being treated in Nottingham, did not "accept" he had the disease, nor see the need for dialysis, the judge said.

Mr Justice Hayden was asked to decide what moves were in his best interests.

But he said: "All I could do was tell him that the decision was his." BBC News