Adrian Poulton, a 56-year-old man with Down syndrome and a healing broken hip, tragically starved to death over nine days in September 2021 at Poole Hospital after staff mistakenly placed him on a “nil by mouth” restriction without providing alternative nutrition. Tragically unaware that he was being starved because his father, Derek, assumed the intravenousContinue reading “Systemic Neglect Killed Adrian Poulton; Demand Accountability”
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Down Syndrome: Heartbreaking Cruelty
Children with Down syndrome endured terrible abuse throughout the Victorian era. Many were left to die in hospitals, their deaths quietly attributed to “natural causes.” At home, they were frequently concealed away, sent to asylums, or disconnected from their families – out of sight, out of mind. The term “Mongol” was used back then, coinedContinue reading “Down Syndrome: Heartbreaking Cruelty”
