The Government must stop autistic people being detained simply because they are autistic- Barbara Keeley
Thursday, 15 August 2019 05:46
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Barbara Keeley MP, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health and
Social Care, commenting on the National Autistic Society’s
call to remove Autism from the Mental Health Act and end autistic
people being inappropriately detained under the Mental Health Act,
said: “Autism is not a mental health condition and it
shouldn’t be treated as one. It’s time the Government updated the
Mental Health Act and put an end to autistic people being detained
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