As one person here says ... ' This should not be happening in this century' please listen to the voices in this video by All Wales People 1st and sign the petition petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2461…

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The May edition has a special report on #LearningDisabilities and importantly, how things really haven’t changed since Connor Sparrowhawk died in an ATU.

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The human rights of people with learning difficulties and autistic people are being breached as they are wrongly placed in hospitals and units.

The #StolenLives campaign has launched a petition calling for #HomesNotHospitals .

Sign and share: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2461…

#Oliverscampaign Dr Dawn Cavanagh
Can I ask my followers to please sign this very important petition
No person should be locked away in an institution simply for being autistic or having a learning disability
It takes literally 20 seconds to do

.BBC Wales News also covered yesterday's #StolenLivesWales #HomesNotHospitals protest outside the Senedd. You can watch the full story on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=qcmDyc…

Our CEO Zoe Richards was interviewed by ITV Wales News last night about yesterday's #StolenLivesWales #HomesNotHospitals protest outside the Senedd. You can watch the full story on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=Kpe2hq…

Pobl colleagues were delighted to accompany Adam, Malcolm and Sam at the Senedd yesterday. They receive support to keep their independence and wanted to put forward their views on the #StolenLives #HomesNotHospitals subject. It was so encouraging to see such a great turn out. ✊

It is really important that as many people as possible sign this petition.

So, Please Sign The Petition-Doesn't take long. Thank you.

Petition: Stop the detention of learning-disabled and autistic children, young people and adults in hospitals. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2461…

Have a recording!! Dawn Cavanagh's campaign speech at Stolen Lives demo stolenlives.blog/2024/04/18/daw…

Families in Wales have been campaigning for people with learning disabilities to be released from mental health hospitals. We speak with Janis Griffiths who's son William was sectioned while in independent living accommodation in 2018. Read more here: bit.ly/3TZRiCZ

Yes, I did. I meant it. Thank you, Jane. #StolenLives

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Sorry-I did make a speech yesterday, but forgot to ask anyone to record any of it. I will put a written copy on our blog in due course. #StolenLives

'This is the sort of thing you heard about in the Victorian times' People with learning disabilities from Wales say why they are supporting the #StolenLives Homes not Hospitals campaign.

We even had Welsh actors coming out to support us yesterday. Thank you, Owen Teale, best known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. #StolenLIves

Please sign and show your support for this petition! #StolenLives You don't have to live in Wales to sign.

Petition: Stop the detention of learning disabled and autistic children, young people and adults in hospitals. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2461…

A huge thank you to everyone that supported me/us yesterday. It was lovely to meet new people and I now know that I am not alone in this fight for change.
Thank you xxxxx