learning disabilities – A New Vision for Mental Health

Stop caging people with autism and learning disabilities, says Robert Buckland

Author: Editorial 14th November 2022 0 Comments

This report (from January 2022) – by Shelley Phelps and Kate Whannel – comes from the BBC. It begins: “Ex-Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland is calling for changes to mental health laws to stop people with autism or learning disabilities being…
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a coherent system

autism, BBC, coercive psychiatry, Kate Whannel, learning disabilities, mental health hospitals, psychiatry, Robert Buckland, Shelley Phelps

Helping People Thrive 2020

Author: Editorial 20th January 2022 0 Comments

This booklet – subtitled “Stories and Lessons in Transforming Care” – has been authored by Alicia Wood, with editing and contributions from Baroness Hollins, David Nuttall, David Towell and Bob Tindall, and design by Henry Iles. The publishers say: “These stories…
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a coherent system

Alicia Wood, Bob Tindall, books, Clients & Patients, David Nuttall, David Towell, Henry Iles, in-patients, involuntary detention, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, person-centred, Sheila Hollins

People with autism are being locked away in institutions. A radical change is needed

Author: Editorial 19th January 2022 0 Comments

This article comes from Dr. Sheila Hollins and has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “When people like my son go into crisis there is a high chance they won’t be supported at home – not because they can’t be…
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a coherent system

autism, Clients & Patients, in-patient experiences, involuntary detention, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, person-centred, Sheila Hollins, The Guardian

MPs call for law change to reduce detention of young autistic people

Author: Editorial 20th November 2019 0 Comments

PA Media reports in The Guardian newspaper that: “Mental health legislation must be overhauled to stop the ‘horrific’ and inappropriate detention of young people with autism or learning disabilities, MPs [Members of Parliament] have said. The human rights of many young people are being…
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a coherent system

autism, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Harriet Harman, learning disabilities, Mental Health Act, PA Media, The Guardian

The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain

Author: Editorial 14th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Thomas Armstrong. The publishers say : “ADHD, dyslexia, autism: the number of illness categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the last fifty years. With so many people affected, it is time to…
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a wellbeing society

ADHD, American Institute for Learning and Human Development, autism, books, Culture & Society, disabilities, dyslexia, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, Thomas Armstrong

People with learning disabilities over-prescribed psychiatric drugs

Author: Editorial 29th June 2018 0 Comments

A study by Public Health England (July, 2015) found that people with learning disabilities are regularly prescribed psychiatric drugs without a recorded diagnosis. The report’s Executive Summary referred to a prior UK government report – Transforming Care – and noted the…
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collaborative practice

anti-psychotic drugs, antidepressants, autism, General Practitioners, GPs, learning disabilities, Psychiatric Drugs, Public Health England, Transforming Care report