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  Referring to mentally handicapped people as 'a section of society' is a little demeaning, don't you think? Any mentally handicapped person needs individual care and attention on a 1-to-1 basis to maximise their potential.
  
  When we lived in Barfreston we were privileged to know the members and carers at Little Ewell, the residential home run by L'Arche Kent, a branch of a charity established many years ago by Jean Vanier, a French Canadian living in France.
  
  
  Each resident is quite severely mentally disadvantaged yet the carers work tirelessly to allow them to express themselves in different ways. Most of the residents work either in the organic vegetable garden (growing food for the community) or in the art workshops in Barfreston and Canterbury, where they produce artefacts for sale to help support the community.
  
  Every member of the community is valued and nurtured both by the carers and by the wider community in which they live.
  
  This may not be the most economically viable model for looking after vulnerable adults but it is certainly the one which gives them the best quality of life in an institutional setting.
  
  Call that a Tory view on handicapped people if you will.....

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