Description
Product ID: | 9781785923487 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Justice for Laughing Boy |
Subtitle: | Connor Sparrowhawk - A Death by Indifference |
Authors: | Author: Sara Ryan |
Page Count: | 272 |
Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Care of people with mental health issues, Mental health services, Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, Care of the mentally ill, Mental health services, Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A personal account from the mother of Connor Sparrowhawk, a teenager with autism and epilepsy, who died due to neglect while in a specialist NHS unit. After Connor's death, Dr Sara Ryan started the #JusticeforLB campaign, which uncovered a wider failure by the NHS to appropriately care for people with learning difficulties. On July 4th 2013, Connor Sparrowhawk, also known as Laughing Boy or LB, was found dead in a specialist NHS unit. Connor, who had autism and epilepsy, had a seizure while in the bath and no member of staff was on hand to stop him from drowning. An entirely preventable death. |
Imprint Name: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Publisher Name: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-09-27 |