Detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism examined

JCHR questions Norman Lamb MP and Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP on the detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/human-rights-committee/news-parliament-2017/detention-children-learning-disabilities-1-evidence-17-19/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/human-rights-committee/news-parliament-2017/detention-children-learning-disabilities-1-evidence-17-19/
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Health, Psychiatry, Psychiatric diagnosis, Pervasive developmental disorders, Articles, Autism, RTT, Mental health, Autism Plus, Societal and cultural aspects of autism
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  • The Joint Committee on Human Rights questions Norman Lamb MP and Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP on the detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism.
  • The Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the inappropriate placement of children and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in mental health hospitals, and the threat that such placements pose to their human rights.
  • The inquiry seeks views on:
    Whether the human rights of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are detained in mental health hospitals are being breached.
  • What needs to be done to ensure that people with autism and learning difficulties are not detained inappropriately.
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