"National charities Mencap, Mind, and the National Autistic Society have reacted with alarm to today’s Supreme Court ruling that removes the framework known as #CheshireWest. They warn that it strips fundamental human rights protections from potentially hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people. ...

"The Court implies that individuals with profound cognitive disabilities cannot be "deprived" of liberty because their condition limits their ability to _experience_ it—a view that devalues their fundamental rights."

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"If a vulnerable person appears passive or does not actively protest their arrangements, the law may recognise this as "consent" — even if they are subjected to routine physical restraint or chemical sedation or have never known a life without a high level of restriction."

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https://www.mencap.org.uk/press-release/biggest-rollback-disability-rights-generation-charities-respond-supreme-court-ruling

#Mencap #Mind #NationalAutisticSociety #SupremeCourt #UKLaw #consent

Hope beats hate as simple acts of kindness change lives across UK

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/hope-beats-hate-simple-acts-37153840

Stars from Dame Joanna Lumley to Sophie Ellis-Bexter join anti-hate campaign

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/stars-dame-joanna-lumley-sophie-37141084

NHS health plans slammed after hidden detail shows key group not prioritised

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-health-plans-slammed-after-37001175

Keir Starmer makes key promise as major school SEND plans announced

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-makes-key-promise-36763419

'People ask if my son's relationship with his girlfriend is legal - it's so cruel'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/sex-relationships/relationships/people-ask-sons-relationship-girlfriend-36727953

BBC News: Halt 'dangerous' disability benefit changes, charities say BBC News - Halt 'dangerous' disability benefit changes, charities say

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp4wn22gjypo

#PIP
#PIPReform
#Benefits
#Disabled
#ChronicallyIll
#LongTermSick
#LearningDisabilities
#Kendall
#DWP
#DisabilityRights
#Scope
#Mencap
#Sense
#NationalAutisticSociety
#NAS

'er indoors came back from #Mencap with a present for me...

A real book!:*