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  "id": 17649865,
  "title": "The Guardian view on listening to people with learning disabilities: a matter of life and death | Editorial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/the-guardian-view-on-listening-to-people-with-learning-disabilities-a-17649865",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-01T17:25:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/nov/01/the-guardian-view-on-listening-to-people-with-learning-disabilities-a-matter-of-life-and-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Covid pandemic shed an unforgiving light on health and social care inequalities. The lessons have yet to be absorbed The fear that so many felt as the death toll rose during the Covid pandemic was magnified for Fiona Walker. “I know from experience they wouldn’t have valued my life,” she says, in a new report on the treatment of people with learning disabilities during the crisis. The 1.5…",
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  "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."
}