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Over the last month parents, as well as MPs and peers, have spoken out about autistic children and vulnerable adults being placed in hospitals for a long time and sometimes treated poorly. The Joint Committee of Human Rights said mental health hospitals can inflict 鈥渢errible suffering on those detained 鈥� causing anguish to their distraught family.鈥� One mother in the West Midlands got in touch with us to tell us about her daughter. Her daughter has autism and other mental health conditions and went to hospital when she was 14. She鈥檚 now 28 and has never returned home. In fact, she鈥檚 in her sixth hospital, 80 miles from her family. She spoke to Siobhann Tighe about how her daughter鈥檚 absence has affected the whole family.

As Disney releases Frozen 2, we鈥檒l be discussing how it鈥檒l go down with its young audience. Its predecessor, Frozen, is the most successful animated musical of all time. And its impact wasn鈥檛 just financial 鈥� fans called it the most important feminist film ever made. I鈥檒l be speaking to the film critic Rhianna Dhillon and the journalist Bidisha.

We hear about the woman at the centre of new 大象传媒 Sounds podcast, The Missing Cryptoqueen. Presenter and technology expert, Jamie Bartlett discusses missing One Coin founder, Dr Ruja, said to have duped investors out of money with Jen McAdam, who says she, friends and family lost money in OneCoin and who supports others like her round the world. They are joined by blockchain entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor, Jessi Baker, talking about women and the wider world of cryptocurrencies and what you need to know to get involved.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Kari Gerstheimer
Interviewed Guest: Bidisha
Interviewed Guest: Rhianna Dhillon
Interviewed Guest: Jamie Bartlett
Interviewed Guest: Jen McAdam
Interviewed Guest: Jessi Baker