Detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism examined
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
JCHR questions Norman Lamb MP and Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP on the detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism
Key Points:
- 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.