Rightful Lives
@rightfullives
A UK based creative campaign and community focussed on the Human Rights of Autistic people and people with Learning Disabilities.
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http://rightfullives.org.uk 15-05-2018 10:43:10
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I am one of the Birmingham families fighting to reinstate transport for my son to go to his specialist school which is ten miles away. Shame on Bham City Council for putting us through this. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Disabled people treated "as an afterthought" during the pandemic - the Disability Charities Consortium asks UK Covid-19 Inquiry to consider the impact of the pandemic on disabled people this week as Module 3 of the Inquiry gets underway.
You may be interested in this briefing Layla Moran 🔶🕊️. It explains how autistic people and people with learning disabilities can live meaningful lives in the community rather than languish in psychiatric hospitals. We cannot change the Mental Health Act for these groups until
Hugely powerful testament on BBC Woman's Hour Nuala McGovern Katie says the #SEND system failed her. Are Mums Bridging the Gap?Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza Catriona Moore IPSEA Disabled Children's Partnership Sam Carlisle Catherine McKinnell National Autistic Society Rightful Lives Patricia Alban Mencap
‘Fighting every step is so hard' Katie, 17, is autistic and has barely been to school since she was 13. She joined Nuala McGovern to discuss her experience as a child navigating England’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system, and how it has impacted her.
Straight from Lord Darzi #NHS report today. We are failing people with learning disabilities. Read that ⬇️ only 4 in 10 reach their 65th birthday, and we are still locking up autistics (including children) 2000 + for years. How long will it go on, Wes Streeting MP? We are dying.
Still silence from Wes Streeting MP on these issues👇, underling the shamefully low priority given to citizens with learning disabilities
More awful stories on our Facebook group this morning. Please come over and help Claire Murdoch Stephen Kinnock Wes Streeting MP Eluned Morgan because autistic people and people with learning disabilities are being treated appallingly by the health and social care systems.