mental health act
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How are CAMHS failures relevant to the case of Megan Docherty?
If you have been active in the UK neurodiversity movement recently, you may well have seen the name Megan Docherty. Megan is…
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I just watched the channel 4 documentary on Autistic inpatients: thing need to change
On Channel 4 in the UK there is currently a documentary from their dispatches series called “Locked Away: Our autism scandal”. This…
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What is an Autistic advocate?
In the Autistic community, a common term we hear is “Autistic advocate”. The popular definition is a person using their lived experience…
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Failure by the NHS to adhere to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
This article was written by an anonymous guest author This post references: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture UN Convention on the Rights…
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How many Autistic people are in inpatient units in the UK?
TW: the content of this article may be upsetting to some. In this article, David looks at the statistics and law that…
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The Mental Health Act (1983) explained
This article briefly walks through the most commonly encountered parts of the mental health act and what they mean for an individual.