People with learning disabilities need to be able to challenge inpatient admissions and discrimination,say campaignersIt is a year since Claire Dyer’s family successfully campaigned for her release from a medium secure hospital unit in Brighton, a 500 mile, and 10-hour round trip from her Swansea domestic. After a 96000-signature petition,the local health board reversed its decision and the autistic 21-year-old was granted bespoke, domestic-based support. Related: ‘We must end learning disabled people being dumped in waste bins of life’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com