66 families and growing have now come together to make a stand and have United in our call for a #statutorypublicinquiry

Attached to this post is a video of Dannielle Attree performing a poem she wrote. Please listen to her ....her simple but powerful message is very important for all of us.

Danielle is one of many thousands of people with autism or learning difficultieswho are still in hospital, despite government policy. And people continue to be admitted to assessment and treatment units. Why is this happening?   ......money?

Children with autism languish for years in prison-style cells
CHILDREN and adults with autism and learning difficulties are kept in prison-style cells for months or years, in what an ex-health minister Norman Lamb says is "an intolerable abuse of human rights" and it’s still happening. 

Many are sedated with "chemical cosh" drugs used to treat the seriously mentally ill, while their families say there is no proof they are needed. In some cases patients are held with murderers and rapists, families claim.  

This is a national scandal in which children and young adults are often sectioned under the Mental Health Act after uncontrolled or self-harming episodes.

Please share the petition with at least 5 other families. We / you never know when services might be needed and we fight to get them improved. 

Help share awareness through Dannielle’s powerful message x 

Read more of Dannielle’s amazing poetry here