Shock Report Tells of System that Turns People with Learning Disabilities into Commodities (image)

Lancaster University

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'A trade in people' with learning disabilities and/or autism has been uncovered by a partnership of activists, families and Lancaster University academics. The new report from the University's Centre for Disability Research (CeDR) found that last year £477 million was forecast to be spent on keeping just 2,500 people with learning disabilities and/or autism in hospital and that 52 percent of those beds were provided by the independent sector.

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