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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.
JOSEPHINE BARBARO welcomes a diverse anthology of experiences by autistic women that amounts to a resounding chorus, demanding to be heard
GEOFF BOTTOMS, who has worked in a palliative care hospice for 11 years, argues the postcode lottery for proper end-of-life care must be ended to give the terminally ill choice and agency
