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September 10, 2017

‘Traumatised’ autistic man restrained for 11 hours – BBC News

Handcuffed, placed in a spit hood and detained in a police cell ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40704993 Adam Nasralla was restrained by as many as nine members of staff at a private hospital in Birmingham https://www.facebook.com/652235334875265/posts/1374828649282593

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Gerard O'Dea


Gerard O'Dea is the Director of Training for Dynamis. Training Advisor, Speaker, Author and Expert Witness on Personal Safety, Conflict Management and Physical Interventions, he is the European Advisor for Vistelar Conflict Management, a global programme focussing on the spectrum of human conflict.