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Interesting article in telegraph by Christopher Stevens about caring for children/adults with severe SN.

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TotalChaos · 27/04/2008 11:41

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/27/ndisabled127.xml&page=1

Written in the wake of Heather Wardle case.

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sarah293 · 27/04/2008 12:05

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r3dh3d · 27/04/2008 12:24

[sigh]

I mean, yes it's a very worthy article, and yes we all know it's true. But what is the point of writing this stuff? What is the point of publishing it? If the general public gave a toss, there would be a public outcry and things would change - not over this case or the last case or the one before but YEARS ago.

As it is, it's another interesting little article in the Sundays that people can idly leaf through and cluck to themselves "how shocking" and think smugly that at least it's only a tiny handful of people affected, and anyway when they vote a Tory government in things will probably change. As if that's going to make things anything but worse.

TotalChaos · 27/04/2008 12:48

I do see your point r3 - personally I was more interested in the writing about the author and his family than about the points made in the context of the Heather Wardle case.

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yurt1 · 27/04/2008 19:42

Thanks TC - interesting indeed. I must read his book- his son sounds so like ds1.

MannyMoeAndJack · 27/04/2008 21:41

Thanks for the link. Although I (depressingly) agree with r3 that the article won't actually change anything, I don't think it will do any harm either.

Unfortunately, it is human nature to fight those battles which affect oneself the most; after all, how many millions of people hear about atrocities on the news and say, 'that's terrible' and then just go on eating their dinner?

sphil · 27/04/2008 22:25

Yurt - I have two copies - pressed wrong button on Amazon order. Would you like one? Thought of you all the time when I was reading it.

yurt1 · 27/04/2008 22:32

ooh yes please but let me pay you....!

sphil · 28/04/2008 20:47

No, that's fine. It's been well thumbed - passed round the family already. You'd probably pay 20p for it in Oxfam .

I think I've lost your address - can you e-mail it to me?
Btw, our video camera has just expired, leaving me with hours of tape of DS2 and no way of transferring it to DVD. So you may have to wait a while for next installment. Am rushing round trying to replace it - have GM review coming up. EEk!

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