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Government faces legal action over failure to stop ATU ‘atrocities’

By John Pring on 13th February 2020 Category: Human Rights

Government faces legal action over failure to stop ATU ‘atrocities’
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Disabled campaigners have welcomed the human rights watchdog’s decision to begin legal action against the government over its repeated failure to address the “distressing and horrific” treatment of people with learning difficulties and autistic people in mental health hospitals. The Equality […]

Mother pleads for help in ending autistic son’s seven-year incarceration

By John Pring on 24th November 2016 Category: Human Rights

Mother pleads for help in ending autistic son’s seven-year incarceration
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Disabled activists and academics have called for the release of an autistic man with learning difficulties who has been held in locked mental health institutions for seven years, against his and his family’s wishes. The case of Eden Norris (pictured, with […]

Lamb hopes new plans will speed up pace of reform

By John Pring on 13th March 2015 Category: Human Rights

Lamb hopes new plans will speed up pace of reform
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A new raft of proposals aim to make it easier for people with learning difficulties, mental health conditions and autism to escape institutional care and live independently in the community. The Liberal Democrat care and support minister Norman Lamb (pictured) said […]

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