“Disposable Humanity is a vital documentary in the canon of films about the Nazis and the holocaust, exposing the terrible crimes against disabled people, which were used to perfect the Final Solution. Hitherto unknown disability history, including the many cover ups and lies, collected on this journey of discovery by Cameron Mitchell, David Mitchell and … Continue reading “Mat Fraser, co-host of the new hit doc “The Experiment” weighs in on DISPOSABLE HUMANITY”
Author: Anne Pridmore
The Experiment review – easily the most disturbing thing on TV
As members of the public tour a fake ‘residential home’ for disabled people riddled with Nazi ideology, you desperately hope someone will speak up. Prepare for the most excruciating viewing of your life Frances Ryan Wed 21 Oct 2026 23.35 BST Share Prefer the Guardian on Google Ihave never had to pause a programme halfway … Continue reading “The Experiment review – easily the most disturbing thing on TV”
More to life: what social care should really make possible
12 October 2026: When it comes to the prospect of a National Care Service – there are many voices who need to be heard in helping it take shape. Julie Stansfield – Chief Executive of the charity InControl and #SocialCareFuture co-convenor – says that however national policy plays out over the coming months, the real … Continue reading “More to life: what social care should really make possible”
Vulnerable man wins court victory against council over care costs
• Published 5 April 2024 Jonny Humphries BBC News A vulnerable man won a court battle against Bolton Council after it threatened to stop paying more than £2,000 per year towards his care. Michael Sherratt, 27, who has an autism spectrum condition, was told in March 2022 he should contribute £39.92 per week to his … Continue reading “Vulnerable man wins court victory against council over care costs”
Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people
– so why is the government silent about it? John Harris the Guardian Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face a fragmented and unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people? Seemingly brilliant conference speeches are often followed by a hangover, and so it has arguably … Continue reading “Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people”
Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment The GUARDIAN Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian has learned. Whitehall sources said the package of … Continue reading “Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes”
Euthanised grandmother’s final plea revealed by heartbroken family:
‘I made a mistake’ Her granddaughter said she died covered in blood after the insertion of the IV was botched A woman says her beloved grandmother said she had ‘made a mistake’ just hours before she was euthanised. Eighty-three-year-old grandmother Brigitte Stegemann was euthanised under Canada’s physician-assisted suicide program, called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), … Continue reading “Euthanised grandmother’s final plea revealed by heartbroken family:”
‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusal
Campaigners say care users face a postcode lottery for support overseas – despite no extra cost to taxpayer Frances Ryan and Patrick Butler Wed 2 Sep 2026 06.00 BST Disabled people are being blocked from travelling abroad by NHS care boards and local councils that refuse to let them use their care funding outside the … Continue reading “‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusal”
Assisted Dying
As a doctor, I say this: before we even consider assisted dying, fix how we care for the most vulnerable – the Guardian Zubir Ahmed A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and in England and Wales, too many do not • Zubir Ahmed … Continue reading “Assisted Dying”
Social care reform – the Guardian
You have to sit quietly until you die’: The families failed by England’s social care system Carers tell of their struggles to get loved ones the support they need, and the emotional and financial toll caring takes on their own lives Andy Burnham has vowed to fast-track the Casey Commission, an independent review of adult … Continue reading “Social care reform – the Guardian”