Britain's shocking imprisonment of autistic adults
A year and a half later, Sarah is still waiting for her son, Josh, to come back home.
She’s just one of thousands of parents whose children with a learning disability or autism are being detained in inpatient hospitals, with not much chance of escape.
Now, the government is set to miss yet another target of reducing the numbers of such people in hospitals by 50%.
So, how can a system so broke be fixed once and for all?
ITV News Correspondent Peter Smith and ITV News Producer Reshma Rumsey who have been investigating this issue since The Winterbourne View abuse scandal in 2011, tell ITV News Presenter Tom Bradby what you need to know...
Produced by Anna Georgevic
She’s just one of thousands of parents whose children with a learning disability or autism are being detained in inpatient hospitals, with not much chance of escape.
Now, the government is set to miss yet another target of reducing the numbers of such people in hospitals by 50%.
So, how can a system so broke be fixed once and for all?
ITV News Correspondent Peter Smith and ITV News Producer Reshma Rumsey who have been investigating this issue since The Winterbourne View abuse scandal in 2011, tell ITV News Presenter Tom Bradby what you need to know...
Produced by Anna Georgevic
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