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Social care crisis for disabled adults ignored, says columnist
Original: Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it?
Guardian columnist John Harris argues that social care for working-age disabled adults, including his autistic son, is in as much crisis as care for elderly people. He writes that the system facing disabled adults is unreliable and underfunded, yet government ministers speak only of creating a national care service for older people. Harris calls on the government to address the needs of disabled adults, who he says are being left out of the national conversation on care reform.
Why now: Ongoing debate over UK social care reform and government silence on disabled adults' needs
John HarrisThe GuardianUK government
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- Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? · The Guardian
Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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