Linda McCafferty

Hi .I'm here to help on bringing about awareness on #injustices towards #Autistic & #Learning #Disabled people & their family #unpaid #carer representatives .

[Artur Nadolny @ArturNadol7566]

Libby Instone was 20 years old. A law student. An aspiring barrister. She went to hospital repeatedly with severe vomiting and abdominal pain, and was reportedly treated like a nuisance.

The inquest reportedly found neglect and gross failures in care after staff missed a blocked small intestine that could have been treated with a scan and operation.

This is the fear so many families live with. You know something is badly wrong. You keep asking for help. The system dismisses you until it is too late.

Libby deserved care, urgency, and compassion. Her family deserves answers and accountability.

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

@AddressingLife Good luck Declan 👨‍🎓

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

Care home worker jailed for repeatedly sexually assaulting vulnerable resident https://t.co/61epnXs0CR

[Prof Ryan @sarasiobhan]

Rage warning should accompany the latest from @GeorgeJulian on the @CareQualityComm death data nonsense. https://t.co/acBsbM3rUO

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

https://t.co/Dbmr3RjvVd

[Jen Wood - est optimum simpliciter @unojen_wood]

The hysteria the media are whipping up about welfare must STOP. They are deliberately allowing lies & misinformation to be spouted by MP's & Ministers. Not one actually knows or understands how the system works, they seem to simply copy and paste whatever the Mail says.
STOP IT.

[Rightful Lives @RightfulLives]

Thank goodness we pointed this out to you @mencap_charity because you certainly didn’t think of it by yourselves.

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

https://t.co/5rhcqmeCuF

[Mike O'Brien🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#UnpaidCarerAssembly @Mikeo56977865]

https://t.co/KKgEBwfcqo

[Laura Richards BSc MSc MBPsS @thecrimeanalyst]

I called it. I opined the teenage r@pists would have a history of offending against girls. No one starts with r@pe. Just days before the r@pe, Hampshire Police were called - two of the boys assaulted two girls. One put his hands around the neck of a girl, the other put his hand up her skirt. One of the boys, who was 10 at the time, cornered a girl using his bike and said sexualized things to her. There’s more…one boy killed a duck, they’ve destroyed property and threatened people. This is likely just the tip of the iceberg. WATCH the video. Shout out to Sophie Wilkinson stellar reporting. Take action now:

✍️ SIGN the petition:
https://t.co/dtkHwksNlM

✍️ WRITE to your MP, Justice Secretary David Lammy, PM Keir Starmer and AG Richard Hermer. Templates -do use them 🙏🏼
https://t.co/rDcoYnEaIJ

💜 JOIN the Crime Analyst Squad to rally and for more knowledge, insight, support and advocacy: https://t.co/rMI8Pd4wDm

#CrimeAnalyst #expert #Accountability #Misogyny #MaleViolence @laurarichards99

[Adam @ABrokenBattery]

Post exertional malaise (PEM) is the hallmark symptom of #MECFS

It’s not fatigue following activity. It is a dramatic deterioration and worsening of symptoms.

Short video explainer - triggers, symptoms, and management.

Repost for the last day of #MEAwarenessMonth

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

The police involvement comes after the Daily Record revealed that elderly patients in the Jura Ward at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow were being given powerful opiate painkillers that they were not prescribed😮 https://t.co/CPFl7zRw6z

[Rightful Lives @RightfulLives]

This is our vigil from five years ago. Watch it and listen to the words of two autistic people locked away. Then share it because five years later #NothingHasChanged.
#Winterbourne15 #Winterbourne10

Click here: https://t.co/mNgJ6L6hGc

[Rightful Lives @RightfulLives]

From Stolen Lives #Winterbourne15 #NothingHasChanged

[Rightful Lives @RightfulLives]

TODAY IT IS 15 YEARS SINCE WINTERBOURNE VIEW:
WHY ARE THE NUMBERS STILL RISING?

Today, May 31st, we mark the 15th anniversary of the Winterbourne View scandal. At the time, the world promised "never again." Yet, as someone who survived three years of detention in similar settings, Rightful Lives admin, Alexis Quinn, is here to tell you that for many, "never again" was a hollow promise.

The data from 2026 is staggering:
🚨 A 152% increase in the detention of autistic people since 2015.
🚨 A "Stuck" Population: Those with learning disabilities are still being detained for 10, 15, or 20 years.
🚨 Ongoing Abuse: From Edenfield to St Andrew's and the horrors exposed in the Patient 11 podcast, the culture of locked wards remains broken.

The Legislative Stalling Point: While the new Mental Health Act has received Royal Assent, the Government is hiding behind a "switch on" clause. They refuse to enact these life-saving changes until "sufficient" community support is in place—yet they have provided no roadmap, no funding, and no definition of what "sufficient" actually looks like.

The Risk of Inaction: Without a community roadmap, we aren't "transforming care"; we are just shifting the trauma. We are seeing a rise in "trans-institutionalisation," where autistic people are pushed into forensic pathways, the criminal justice system, or left homeless in unregulated, restrictive settings.
It is too much to ask for a home, not a hospital?

At Rightful Lives, we are demanding an urgent, funded roadmap for community support. No more "learning lessons." We need action.

Watch our video to hear why we cannot wait any longer.

#Winterbourne15 #RightfulLives #MentalHealthReform #AutismAdvocacy #HomesNotHospitals #Patient11 #HumanRights

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

#Reality #QEUH https://t.co/kyCLMVeCyq

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

https://t.co/b87WjLNpJb

[Linda McCafferty @mccafferty2]

Irene Mbugua's family said: "This is so sad, it could, and should have been avoided." Man brutally killed his carer with brick then hid her body in flooding Birmingham home https://t.co/mEP1sCE5Fh

[Ian Warren @Threshersman]

I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
We're being fobbed off, says oldest victim of Post Office scandal. https://t.co/QWDcUT7zoF