The economic downturn: What’s the last year been like for you?

Talking points 18 March

How far should a parent go to find a sexual partner for her disabled son? That’s exactly what one woman in the UK is actively doing. She’s even going as far to say she would consider paying for a prostitute for her son who has Downs Syndrome.

This blogger asks How many mothers seek hookers for their sons?

Here are some of the conversations going on on a BBC messageboard. This agony aunt in the UK says she believes this young man Otto Baxter, who has Downs, has the right to sex.

On air: Financial crisis….who is to blame?

It goes on and on, but it’s all that you’re talking about. Money and the global financial crisis. Governments around the world are taking drastic measures to get money moving again and get banks lending, but who is to blame?