Health & Medicine
How attitudes disable
Intellectual disabilities and the fight for justice
Prominent UK campaigners George Julian and Chris Hatton on why there are still so many preventable deaths among people with learning difficulties, and what needs to change
Published 19 December 2018
Episode 44
The Justice For LB campaign, which was launched following the death of 33-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk in a British residential unit, has made the issue of preventable deaths among people with an intellectual disability more visible.
It’s an issue that can be solved; and that it’s time to start addressing it, say researchers and campaigners.
Episode recorded: November 12, 2018
Interviewer: Andi Horvath
Producer and editor: Chris Hatzis
Co-production: Dr Andi Horvath and Silvi Vann-Wall
Banner image: Shutterstock
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