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A woman with learning difficulties told a service user session how support staff put masking tape across her mouth to keep her quiet.

Hilda Turner, chair of Suffolk People First, said she had not disclosed what had happened to her for years until she became involved in making a video about bullying.

"I kept it to myself. Now people say 'forget about it - it happened a long time ago'. But you can't. It stays with you." She said the video, No Secrets, had been difficult to make because it brought back bad memories. "But I hope it will make people think about what is happening out there. I would like it to stop."