Day 39: Still time to get involved #107days

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A fortnight ago Sara blogged on all the amazing things that had happened in #107days so far. Since then we’ve been blown away with yet more amazing actions, I’m not going to recap them all here because we’ve a ‘half way’ blog post in the offing that will do that. If you’ve not managed to follow daily I’d highly recommend looking back over the daily entries to this blog that highlight the remarkable range of thoughts and actions of so many brilliant people supporting #JusticeforLB.

This is a very short post, but one that is designed to draw your attention to the many ways in which you can still get involved and support #107days. We are very, very nearly out of days, and we’ve had to double up on some dates. We have had one or two people who have had to pull out due to unforseen circumstances so…

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Day 35: ATUs, autism and anxiety #107days

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Louise adopted Day 35, to share some of her thoughts on assessment and treatment units and their suitability (or not) for people with autism. She wrote a blog post to share her experiences and thoughts that is shared in full below:

I am a Nurse who works with individuals with Learning Disabilities. I was heartbroken to read about the avoidable death of Connor. I have worked in assessment and treatment since qualifying in 2009. Prior to this I grew up with a younger sibling who is on the autism spectrum and has complex needs and epilepsy.

I am currently taking some time away from this working environment after experiencing high levels of anxiety and a constant feeling that no matter how hard I try I feel frustrated that I am unable to provide care to those I trained so hard to support.

In this post I don’t wish to dwell…

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