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CAMPAIGNERS expressed outrage today following reports that a nonverbal autistic woman with a learning disability was inappropriately detained in a mental health hospital for 45 years.
The woman, named Kasibba to protect her identity, is thought to have been trafficked from Sierra Leone, the BBC reported.
She previously lived in a children’s home, but that placement broke down and, aged seven, she was moved into the hospital.
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
JOSEPHINE BARBARO welcomes a diverse anthology of experiences by autistic women that amounts to a resounding chorus, demanding to be heard
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY