I better not pass too much comment, for fear of not knowing all the facts, but I must say that this story of forced institutionalization is truly appalling. A 14 year old Girl with CP died just hours after being forcibly taken into care by Florida state authorities. They argued that it was cheaper to take the kid into care than to provide home help: the institution didn’t know enough about the child to care for it properly, and she died from a seizure just twelve hours later.

I had hoped such dark things were behind us. Obviously not, and what can happen in america can happen in the UK too.