"People with learning disabilities die on average 16 years earlier than they should, due to NHS failings" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21837188 … Disgraceful
>"failure to properly u/stand health needs of people w/ learning disabilities results in 1,238 people in England dying needlessly each year"
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@C7RKY Plus pressure on parents to 'give up' on their children eg assisted breathing children -
@PhyllisStein2 Clear a bed? Save money? Rid society of someone regarded as 'unproductive'? Whatever it is that drives it, it has to stop.
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@C7RKY large proportion of those in prison have LD....as a society, in general, we fail these individuals -
@ianmsyme We largely create the issue as a society. Any failure to equally address it as a society is a sad reflection on what we've become. -
@C7RKY much of "modernity" is positive....compassion hasn't vanished..although at times it seems its (compassion) having a cat nap
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