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Autism seclusion

Bethany, 17, who has autism, has been locked in a psychiatric unit for about two years.

Bethany, 17, who has autism and extreme anxiety, has been in seclusion at St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton for the past two years. Her father is meeting with Health Secretary Matt Hancock to discuss what he says is the appalling treatment of people with autism at these centres.

(Image: St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton, credit: Google)

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