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Who gives a damn about intellectually disabled people and their families? Care-less spaces personified in the case of LB

Rogers, Chrissie (2015) Who gives a damn about intellectually disabled people and their families? Care-less spaces personified in the case of LB. Disability & Society, 30 (9). pp. 1439-1443. ISSN 0968-7599. (doi:10.1080/09687599.2015.1112139) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:79801)

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https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2015.1112139

Abstract

On 5 October 2015 the inquest into Connor Sparrowhawk’s death began. A young autistic man, aged 18, died in the bath on 4 July 2013. He had a seizure. The rolling tweets from @LBInquest are harrowing to say the least. Unimaginable torture for Sara and Richard (his mother and step-father), as well as his siblings and others caring. Comments from the inquest such as ‘I felt that Connor should be checked on every 5 or 10 minutes when he was in the bath because of his epilepsy’ and ‘ensuring someone was outside the door when he was bathing was basic nursing care’ sound all the alarm bells for lack of care, because allegedly this did not happen. Clearly there was no one person looking out for him when he needed it the most. On 16 October 2015 the inquest jury found Connor’s death was contributed by neglect. This article will explore the absence of care in a care-less system.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/09687599.2015.1112139
Uncontrolled keywords: care, care-less spaces, Connor Sparrowhawk, death, family, intellectual disability, LB
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Depositing User: Christine Rogers
Date Deposited: 27 Jan 2020 15:22 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 12:44 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/79801 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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