Published by The i paper (20th May, 2019) In 1964 a Canadian philosophy teacher called Jean Vanier bought a dilapidated house in a French village and invited two young […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Autistic man locked in solitary confinement for ten years
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th May, 2019) An investigation by the Care Quality Commission discovered that a man with autism or learning disabilities has been locked […]
Disability / Environment / Health / Policy
Greta Thunberg teaches us about autism as much as climate change
Published by The Guardian (23rd April, 2019) Greta Thunberg is an impressive individual. Just 16 years old, she has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize after sparking environmental […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Britain’s cruel care system shames us all
Published by The Times (19th April, 2019) The details are shocking. A troubled girl just 14 years old, sent for the first time into a place of supposed […]
Disability / Health / Policy
‘It was pure torture’: autistic boy locked up, had head flushed down a toilet and punched so hard his jaw was broken in state care
Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th April, 2019) When Ben Garrod turned 18, he was preparing to move from a specialist residential school into his own flat […]
Disability / Health / Policy
My autistic child was kidnaped by social workers
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th March, 2019) It was a cold day in February five years ago when a psychologist sent by the local authority issued […]
Disability / Health / Policy
How can we ignore this cruelty?
Published by The i paper (11th March, 2019) The abuse, the bullying, the cruelty were simply grotesque. One person is said to have been made to eat a […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Sophie had autism. So why did her life end in a special unit for mentally ill people?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) Ben and Nickie Bennett had just finished dinner at home on a bank holiday Monday when the doorbell rang. […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Five new secure units for autistic patients set to open despite pledge to close them
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd February, 2019) A private health company is opening five secure units to lock up people with autism and learning disabilities – […]
Belgium / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy
Can we be trusted with euthanasia?
Published by UnHerd (1st February, 2019) It is largely accepted in the modern democratic world that people have the right to do as they determine with their bodies […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Teenager sent to health unit for six-week autism check-up when aged 18 left caged with killers 13 years later
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th January, 2019) When Kyle Gibbon left school, the local authority suggested the 18-year-old with autism and mild learning disabilities should spend […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Let them all out now
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th January, 2019) A mental health nurse has revealed she saw staff in a secure psychiatric unit restrain a patient with learning […]