I'm impressed that you even sense of my reply. I was so fired up, when I wrote it, I didn't even check it over. Oi! What a jumble! :p
I think there are two separate issues. The treatment and abuse of people with disabilities, which can and does occur in institutions, at home, and in the community at large, forms one issue in my mind. The scope of addressing that particular issue is huge, and as you and blaueteufelin pointed out needs to begin with awareness and education of the public at large.
The second issue is the one of in-patient safety within institutions. That issue should theoretically be easier to address because the institutions are a controlled environment, and we should be able to more easily rectify who has access to the patients, and implement measures to ensure patient safety. Of course, what I think should be easy to fix, and reality are often quite different.
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I think there are two separate issues. The treatment and abuse of people with disabilities, which can and does occur in institutions, at home, and in the community at large, forms one issue in my mind. The scope of addressing that particular issue is huge, and as you and blaueteufelin pointed out needs to begin with awareness and education of the public at large.
The second issue is the one of in-patient safety within institutions. That issue should theoretically be easier to address because the institutions are a controlled environment, and we should be able to more easily rectify who has access to the patients, and implement measures to ensure patient safety. Of course, what I think should be easy to fix, and reality are often quite different.