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8 October 2007Andy Rickell, an Executive Director at Scope, commenting on the case of Katie Thorpe, a 15-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, for whom doctors are seeking legal consent to carry out a hysterectomy which is not medically necessary.
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10 August 2007Scope comment on Department of Health-funded research on direct payments, published by the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics.
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10 August 2007The programme used actors and real medical and legal professionals to explore a case of two learning disabled adults being “mentally capable” of consenting to sex and a relationship.
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30 July 2007Andy Rickell, an Executive Director at Scope, comments on a report launched by the Conservatives today on Special Educational Needs.
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27 July 2007Andy Rickell, an Executive Director at Scope, comments on European regulations that came into effect this week, which give disabled passengers additional rights when flying.
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