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Rightful Lives is co-hosting an event on 4th March at Doughty Street Chambers. It will look at the implications of the Mental Health Bill for autistic people and people with learning disabilities. Why not come along! www.doughtystreet.co.uk/event/deep-d...

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Make no mistake, the detention of people with learning disabilities in secure hospitals is a HR issue. There will be more claims and settlements. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/justice...

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My piece reflecting on life, love, loss and learning disabilities following the death of my daughter www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...

submitted 20 days ago • 16 comments

We know that people with learning disabilities experience high levels of health inequality, but there is something even more dangerous about removing the 75% target for AHCs (England) when we are rebuilding from the pandemic, which saw the removal and scaling back of services.

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Failings in Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I broke down sobbing over the state of the world this morning while I was feeding the cats. But you have to keep going, cats will need more food.

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🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client @ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment. These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.

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What would further cuts to Disability Benefits mean for you? Let us know: Comment below, or send us a DM. You can also email us, or send a text email: [email protected] Text: 07732 901 121 In strictest confidence

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With Government announcements on changes to Disability Benefits due in the Spring, we’re looking for evidence from our supporters on the impact any potential cuts could have ⬇️

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Diseases?

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'Ms Reeves is said to believe that savings can be made in disability benefits, including the personal independence payment.' www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

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'They gave her a bed to die in because she had Down's Syndrome.' So sad to hear that John Sullivan has died. He fought to keep going so that he could give evidence to the inquiry about his daughter Susie who had Down's syndrome. Watch here: 0-40 mins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5UZ...

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Without Accountability, nothing will change… www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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Bye '24, and a quick recap of some writing for @bylinetimes.bsky.social and @communitylivingmagazine.com on #LearningDisability #dementia #race New Year '24: @beckyrwhin.bsky.social tells me about a brilliant new training and work collective. communitylivingmagazine.com/there-was-a-...

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'Councils are often desperately short of money. But many of them have long histories of being institutionally hostile to challenge and scrutiny from people they tend to see as pushy parents. So they stubbornly fight, and usually lose.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.

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The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

submitted 68 days ago • 756 comments

We had some great interest in Dr @suecaton.bsky.social and team's Medications and My Mental Health research project which was featured in our research newsletter last week. For insights and resources from the project, please follow along with them below: #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch

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A University of York academic has been given oversight of a £31m research budget to help transform adult social care across the country.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Finally updated the Stolen Lives blog...there's a lot here. 😀 stolenlives.blog/2024/12/19/a...

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Our statement regarding a paper published in the British Journal of Psychiatry rightfullives.org.uk/blog/stateme...

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The Senedd supported calls to end the human rights scandal of autistic people and those with a learning disability being inappropriately detained in hospitals.

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#HumanRightsDay Declan had severe learning disabilities and died in a mental health unit after repeatedly banging his head against a wall. Human rights of people with learning disabilities and autistic people are being breached across the UK. Shame. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Stolen Lives motion unanimously passed in the Senedd. Thank you to Hefin David MS, Sioned Williams MS and Mark Isherwood MS. At last, the inhumane hospitalisation of people with learning disabilities and autistic people has been recognised by the WG as the human rights injustice that it is.

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Heart breaking. This human rights scandal just goes on and on... Imagine losing your daughter to brain cancer and then your grandson, who is struggling with the loss of his mother, to a bloody hospital. Please BBC News show this lady some respect. 'Granny' FFS 😡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A really important debate is taking place in the Senedd Cymru this Wednesday 4 December 2024 on the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals campaign led by Hefin David MS and supported by Mark Isherwood MS and Sioned Williams MS.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

#RRNConf24. Heartbreaking keynote entitled ‘The truth about what happens to our children.’ It included the drawings of autistic MH inpatients. This drawing is entitled Life in Seclusion: 567 days.

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Just like with the pandemic, when a group is not thought about in policy, when their experiences are undervalued, it paves the way to ableism in medical practice and eugenic ideas. I cannot see how AD will be any different.

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#Assisteddying Autistic people and people with learning disabilities are often absent in crucial debates on medical research and practice. Without their experiences directly informing those debates, narratives suggesting that they are somehow 'less worthy' become reinforced and socially validated.

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Can't find an England/Wales equivalent to the 'Tell us what you think about the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill?' for people with Learning Disabilities? Have I missed it? Does anyone know what the Scottish findings were? www.parliament.scot/-/media/File...

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The #AsssistedDyingBill will not just change the way we think about death, but the way we think about life and the value we place on it. Does anyone know what people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people think about this bill? What do the LD organisations have to say?

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submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Oral health so important for people with learning disabilities. When I undertook my AHC research it was very much a neglected area, with some people not even registered with a dentist.

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments

We need compassion, respect, information in inquests: 'Ignorance of autism, disability and mental health can generate further harm..Just as existing systems and services often did not meet the needs of the person when they were alive, the inquest process could fail them in death' #LearningDisability

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