Deinstitutionalisation

There has been a long and ongoing struggle to close segregated services and support people to take their rightful place as full citizens.

Article: 12.11.24 Celebrating the Success of Mi Casa The final conference of Plena inclusión's Mi Casa project marked an important step forward for human rights in Spain.
Paper: 10.09.24 Care (Education) & Treatment Reviews and Dynamic Support Registers Practical advice from families can ensure people with learning disabilities or autism avoid institutional care.
Paper: 09.09.24 The Antecedents of An Ordinary Life 1946 - 1979 Deinstitutionalisation and the Ordinary Life movement emerged from a long history of reform.
Article: 10.06.24 All Hail Citizenship! The keys to citizenship can help improve services for people with disabilities in many ways.
Article: 08.05.24 Creating a Life in Community Sofia Reyes leads the Mi Casa project in Spain which is a major development in deinstitutionalisation.
Article: 23.04.24 Deinstitutionalisation: A View from Spain Plena inclusión's project Mi Casa is part of an ambitious Spanish strategy for deinstitutionalisation.
Article: 29.01.24 Support in the Community Let's concentrate on the right place to live and the right support.
Article: 22.01.24 So Toxic It's Toxique! Language is powerful and we must pay attention to how it's being used and when it's being misused.
Article: 29.10.23 The Learning Disability Challenge Why would we trust you when you can’t even change the words you use to describe us.
Paper: 18.09.23 UNIC Transferability Study The final UNIC report explores how to build and sustain personal budgets reforms and use EU structures.
Paper: 15.09.23 The Problem with Quality of Life Disability strategy should be built around an ambitious vision for deinstitutionalisation and citizenship for all.
Paper: 14.08.23 Self-Directed Support Scotland There has been significant progress in Scotland in reforming disability services, but major challenges remain.
Article: 20.03.23 The Social Role of Friend Rules that restrict friendship between staff and people with disabilities are harmful and irrational.
Article: 04.11.22 Building the Right Support... Why we are failing to provide the right support to people and what we can do to fix it.
Paper: 28.09.22 Un Nuevo Campo Social Necesitamos cultivar un nuevo campo social: we need to cultivate a new social field.
Slide: 25.07.22 The Power of Freedom An overview of recent developments for self-directed support in New Zealand including important web technology.
Paper: 25.07.22 European Guidelines on Deinstitutionalisation Good practice guide on the transition from Institutional to Community-based Care.
Article: 25.01.22 An Interview with Lou Townson Lou Townson talks about her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Webinar: 08.12.21 Centri Diurni Senza Mura La Cooperativa Kara Bobowski is an Italian social enterprise who here share innovations from their work as part of the…
Article: 24.11.21 An Interview with Katrina Kurowski Katrina Kurowski shares her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Article: 23.11.21 An Interview with Patrick Burke Jan Walmsley interviews Patrick Burke about his experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Webinar: 08.11.21 Volunteering and Inclusion Les Papillons de Blancs Lille share how people with intellectual disabilities can be included in their communities…
Webinar: 08.11.21 Innovations in Inclusion from Rethymno The Association of Parents and Friends of people with Autism of Rethymno in Crete share their innovative work to…
Webinar: 04.11.21 Celebrating Day Centres Without Walls Jaunuolių Dienos Centras (JDC) hosted a conference in Lithuania sharing work and learning from partners in the Day…
Article: 13.10.21 Awed by the Human Spirit Recollections of the early days of deinstitutionalisation and the emergence of self-advocacy by one of its pioneers.
Article: 11.10.21 Beyond Deinstitutionalisation Looking at the causes of institutionalisation can help us identify common goals in our efforts for social justice.
Article: 15.09.21 Self-Advocacy History Before 1984 The People First movement leads the way in self-advocacy today, but there were also earlier developments which should…
Paper: 22.03.21 Starcross Hospital Important testimony from those who lived and worked in a long-stay institution for people with learning…
Inspiration: 24.10.19 Inclusion Press Jack Pearpoint, Lynda Kahn and Cathy Hollands have recently updated the Inclusion Press website and are keen to share…
Paper: 01.05.19 Close Down the ATUs The Centre for Welfare Reform made a submission in April 2019 to the Joint Committee on Human Rights calling for the…
Graphic: 08.12.17 Institutional Spiral Institutional Spiral
Paper: 24.07.17 Back to Bedlam This report describes how and why support of people with a learning disability is heading backwards in the UK because of…
Article: 17.07.17 Alternatives to ATUs Steven Rose explains why there are alternatives to ATUs and the private hospitals where too many people with…
Paper: 09.01.17 Deinstitutionalisation in Scotland John Dalrymple explores the lessons learned from deinstitutionalisation in this important paper, first published…
Paper: 17.08.16 Avoiding Crisis Support Needed Bringing Us Together and Respond carried out a survey to find out what support families of disabled children and young…
Paper: 17.02.16 Liberating Institutions John Burton describes how the institutional assumptions of the care system undermine the creativity and community…
Paper: 20.12.15 A Modern Hospital Jan Walmsley and a group of disabled researchers look back at life in Princess Marina Hospital, Northamptonshire in…
Paper: 16.11.15 Re-Thinking Community Care: The Camphill Village Model Maria Lyons explores research on Camphill and the importance of considering intentional community and shared living…
Slide: 14.04.14 Safe and Sound Modern social work aims to keep people safe but often ends up placing people in places that are far from safe.
Reviews: 28.02.13 No Going Back Authors Tim Keilty and Kellie Woodley write about the forgotten voices from Prudhoe Hospital.
Paper: 27.09.12 Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living This paper by David Towell explores the progress made in advancing community living over the last generation and…
Graphic: 03.06.12 Innovation in Public Services Innovation in public services goes through a series of phases and meets inevitable resistance.
Paper: 31.01.11 First and Last Mark Brend describes the history of the closure of the learning disabilities hospitals that were once used to…