There have been so many media exposés of abuse and promises of action, but still torture for thousands of citizens continues
Doctors diagnosed depression and Ryan agreed to enter a specialist unit. But all the “experts” failed to spot his autism. Sending such a person into an environment with loud noise and lack of routine inevitably intensified his mental struggles, which spiralled out of control.
“It’s so lovely – he is so much happier,” said his mother. Since I am haunted by some cases I have heard, it is good to hear a positive story. Yet numbers of those being locked up barely budge. Official figures claim there are more than 2,000 people with learning disabilities or autism detained in English specialist hospitals, although other data suggests substantially higher figures. More than 100 people have been held more than two decades.
Psychiatrists had agreed Tony was “fit for discharge” in 2013 but officials failed to create the correct care package. Later it was found the NHS was paying the firm £650,000 a year to hold him in one room with a side bedroom and toilet. He had to speak to staff through a hatch, even asking to switch channels on television.
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