3.1 Marriage, hate and death
Sometimes, the choices people with learning disabilities make bring them into conflict with social norms and strongly held beliefs.
Activity 6 Marriage, hate and death
Allow about 40 minutes
In this activity, you consider three choices that may be made by people with a learning disability. After reviewing the material for each choice, note down anything that you feel strongly about.
1. Marriage
Read Couples with learning disabilities face unfair wedding bar from The Guardian in 2014.
2. Disability hate crime
Watch the short video below about a young person with Down's syndrome who has been subject to bullying.
3. Assisted dying
Read the article Assisted dying bill overwhelmingly rejected by MPs from 2015. It remains illegal in the UK to assist in someone’s suicide.Can a young man with a learning disability have capacity to make such a decision
OpenLearn - Understanding mental capacity
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