{
  "id": 14000105,
  "title": "Remember the disabled adults who need social care | Letters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/remember-the-disabled-adults-who-need-social-care-letters",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:39:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/12/remember-the-disabled-adults-who-need-social-care"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The article by John Harris highlights the need to consider disabled working-age individuals when reforming the care system. The author shares his personal experience of his daughter's journey in adult social services. His concerns align with those of the author's wife, who also has a disabled daughter. The couple moved their daughter from a specialist residential further-education setting 17 years ago. Despite being quadriplegic, having no speech, and dependent on personal assistants for life's necessities, their daughter expresses happiness in her book, \"How I Flourished.\" She has found success in wheelchair dancing, securing a fulfilling job with a charity called Entelechy Arts, painting, and traveling overseas. The author emphasizes that their parental involvement has been crucial in managing their daughter's care and taking advantage of opportunities to broaden her life experiences. They acknowledge that their daughter's circumstances are better than many others in adult care institutions.",
  "summary": "Readers respond to John Harris’s article on the need to consider disabled people of working age when reforming the care system I found myself nodding in agreement at John Harris’s worries about his son’s future as he leaves full-time education to enter the world of adult social services ( Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government…",
  "key_points": [
    "Disabled adults face challenges in social care reform.",
    "Author's daughter flourished despite quadriplegia and speech impairment.",
    "Parental involvement crucial for better care outcomes."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}