Disabled people are being barred(被禁止) from leaving the country. This isn’t the first line of a dystopian(反乌托邦的) novel but a scandal quietly happening across swathes of(大片，大片区域) England. For the past six months, myself and my colleague Patrick Butler have spoken to disabled people who have effectively(实际上，事实上) been blocked(被阻止) from going abroad on a holiday or to a work event by their local care provider.
残障人士正被禁止离开这个国家。这不是反乌托邦小说的开篇，而是英格兰大片地区悄然发生的丑闻。过去六个月里，我和同事帕特里克·巴特勒采访了一些残障人士，他们实际上被当地的护理服务提供者阻止出国度假或参加工作会议。
There’s 38-year-old Lucy from Oxfordshire who needs to travel internationally as the president of the European Spinal Cord Injury Federation(脊髓损伤联合会). And Chelsea from Lancashire, a 25-year-old with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) who dreams of swimming in Spain again. Then there’s 40-year-old Joel*, who has a muscle weakness(肌肉无力) and works for a global marketing brand but hasn’t been able to leave the UK for nine years.
38岁的露西来自牛津郡，作为欧洲脊髓损伤联合会主席，她需要出国旅行。25岁的切尔西来自兰开夏郡，患有脑瘫，梦想再次在西班牙游泳。还有40岁的乔尔*，他患有肌肉无力症，在一家全球营销品牌工作，却已经九年无法离开英国。
Some have live-in(住家的) personal assistants (PAs) via NHS continuing healthcare, the non-means-tested(非经济状况调查的) home support for people with high needs. Others have 24/7 social care through their local authority(地方政府). But when they try to leave the country, all hit the same wall(撞上同一堵墙): they are told they are not allowed to use their care package(护理套餐) abroad, sometimes even if they pay any extra costs themselves.
有些人通过NHS持续医疗护理获得住家私人助理（PA），这是为高需求人群提供的非经济状况调查的家庭支持。另一些人则通过地方政府获得全天候社会护理。但当他们试图出国时，所有人都撞上了同一堵墙：他们被告知不允许在国外使用自己的护理套餐，有时即使他们自己支付额外费用也不行。