Statement from BILD Health Advisor Jim Blair following the inquest into the death of Richard Handley:
Richard’s avoidable death like all such deaths is very disturbing and action must be taken to stop these happening again. Every day, three people with a learning disability die avoidably in England. There should be no more.
At its worst, catatonia in autism can lead to immobility, dependence for all daily living and become life-threatening. Studies suggest between 12-18% of autistic people may show varying levels of catatonia. Darren Devine reports.
Blog by Dr Claire Bates on the latest phase of the Supported Loving campaign revealing ingrained cultural barriers to enabling love and sex that are often going unchallenged.
I struggle to see how the kind of treatment of the residents at Mendip House described in the Safeguarding Adults Review** can be anything other than inhuman and degrading – and thereby prohibited by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
