Supreme Court ruling on living arrangements for incapacitated individuals sparks disability rights backlash
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Summary
Campaign groups including Mencap, Mind, and the National Autistic Society have condemned a Supreme Court ruling as the "biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation." The ruling concerns individuals who lack the capacity to consent to their living arrangements, and charities warn it could strip hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people of fundamental human rights protections by removing independent checks and automatic access to legal aid.
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By removing independent checks, and automatic access to legal aid, the Court has closed the gateway to justice and supp
The regressive ruling could see hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people lose fundamental human rights protections.
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