Feb 2008
MHAG News
NEW REPORT OUT TODAY FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY FOOD AND HEALTH FORUM, Government advisors recommend 'food for the brain' campaign.
31.1.08, TACKLING HATE CRIME IN HULL, kcfm.
31.1.08 Letter to The Independent on mixed-sex psychiatric wards, Steve Wallis
30.1.08 We must protect disabled people against this wave of barbaric and hateful crimes, Deborah Orr, The Independent.
30.1.08
Psychiatric
wards are frightening, says watchdog,
Mental health wards have become "tougher and scarier" places
under Labour and many are so overcrowded that it is difficult for staff to
deliver good care, the official watchdog reports.
29.1.08, Depression
risk 'highest in 40s' BBC News,
Life may begin at 40, but research suggests that 44 is the age at which we
are most vulnerable...
29.1.08, Cannabis link to 80 per cent of new mental cases. 80% of patients newly-diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses are heavy users of cannabis, scientists have warned ministers. Daily Mail
A study may have discovered why breastfeeding might help protect children against allergies such as asthma, scientists have said.
26.1.08 Disability Holocaust Day - Sunday.
* WE must not let it happen again! *
23.1.08: Reply to 'Eugenics' Bill letter
Dear MHAG, Thank you for your email of 24 December 2007 to Alan Johnson about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill... Your email has been forwarded to me for reply.
5.1.08 Neurodiversity & Autism Action Group DRAFT Final Document (Word DOC) (HTML)
22.12.07 Stop Eugenics campaign website
****PLEASE FORWARD (full text DOC) WITHIN YOUR OWN NETWORKS. THIS IS a HUMAN RIGHTS, DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUE THAT NONE OF US CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE BEFORE IT'S TOO-LATE FOR ALL DISABLED PEOPLE!!
Stop Eugenics Letter: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 2008 Discriminatory HFE Bill Denies Liberty
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is currently passing through the House of Lords. It looks like the thin end of the wedge on eugenics legislation. More here.
29.10.07 Mike Higgins (in a personal capacity): SPUC is a cynical, right wing, catholic group of fanatical anti-choice, anti-abortion, anti-gender equality charlatans... >>>
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