There's a problem in England where adults with autism are living at home with their family. And then something happens - a parent needs a hospital stay or the family need some kind of break - so the person gets sent to an inpatient setting for a "short time". While there no-one knows how to deal with that person and everything is different and so they start to exhibit "challenging behaviour" and then they become trapped in a kafkesque system. They need to be released so their behaviour will return to normal, they can't be released because their behaviour is not normal.
This should be changing. Government has said that people should be released wherever possible and that support should be provided in the community rather than in hospital settings.
Winterborne view shows what happens in some abusive care homes. (Some people have gone to prison because they were so abusive.) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winterbourne-view...
This should be changing. Government has said that people should be released wherever possible and that support should be provided in the community rather than in hospital settings.