My sister has Fragile X syndrome. The barriers to an ordinary life are institutional | Saba Salman

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With the right support, people with learning disabilities and autism can enjoy the things most of us take for granted, writes social affairs journalist Saba Salman

What makes an “ordinary life” for the UK’s 1.5 million learning disabled people? Having relationships, choosing where to live or when to go out? Things that most of us take for granted are often denied to people like my sister Raana, who has Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of learning disability.

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