Unbroken: Learning to Live Beyond Diagnosis (Inspirational Series)

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In Lagos, she stayed with a friend until she could find herself a home and a job and her parents could bring her young daughter out to join her (which they did six weeks later).

It is, as Professor McDonnell says in his new book, ‘a rose by another name,’ and when there is a door with a lock on it, a room such as this can only ever be a place to contain distressed individuals against their will. On a sunny Monday morning in May 2016, Quinn walked from the garden of the mental health facility where she was detained, picked up the bag of clothes she had previously hidden by the bins, and climbed into the car of two friends who drove her straight to Dover. But her difference had always been her strength, until the birth of her child, and the death of her brother, Josh; then her difference became her downfall.The staff at the rehabilitation looked on as we drove away, and I knew that they would try to follow me. Alexis Quinn, from Morecombe Cove originally, now from Lagos, is a gifted academic, teacher, and former professional athlete. I wanted to scream but I could barely breathe as they handcuffed me, tied my legs together and threw me roughly into a cage in the back of the van.

She is very aware, however, that nearly a decade after the Winterbourne View scandal, thousands of people are still stuck in the system. Alexis reported that, amongst many professionals who showed no compassion to her plight, there were individuals whose kindness and empathy were extremely powerful agents of change. Trigger are proud to announce The inspirationalseries partner to our innovative Pullingthe trigger range.

Quinn was expected to practise everyday living activities such as washing and folding clothes, which she found difficult. But her difference had always been her strength, until the birth of her child and the death of her brother, Josh; then her difference became her downfall. million: “All that money wasted on traumatising me and trying to fix something that a) isn’t broken and b) can’t be treated. I had a meltdown, which the National Autistic Society describes as an ‘intense response to overwhelming situations’.