Independent thinking

Sam Sly explains why she feels assessment and treatment units do not work, and the importance of ‘the good things in life’: I have been tweeting (@samsly2) recently as part of the #107days campaign for Connor Sparrowhawk, who died last year in an assessment and treatment unit (ATU). I have tweeted about the many things I have learned about ATUs in the years I have been helping people leave them to return to a real life and home of their own in the communities they came from. Most things I have learned lead me to conclude that ATUs do not