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Paper: 01.11.24 The Public Health Crisis Created by UK Social Policy Reforms An overview of the damaging social policies that have targeted sick and disabled people.
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.
Books: 09.08.24 Everyday Citizenship How everyone can be a citizen and lead a life of meaning.
Books: 09.08.24 Second Class Citizens An authoritative overview of how Austerity targeted sick and disabled people in the UK.
Article: 23.07.24 A Digital Approach to Person-Centred Planning Digital technology is opening up new ways in which people can develop their own person centred plan.
Article: 10.06.24 All Hail Citizenship! The keys to citizenship can help improve services for people with disabilities in many ways.
Paper: 24.04.24 Capacity Building for Valued Lives A report on the work of the National Alliance of Capacity-building Organisations (NACBO).
Paper: 04.03.24 Culture Matters A report sharing how culture can impact parents who have children with autism or learning disabilities.
Article: 06.12.23 Third-Party Personal Health Budgets Third-Party Personal Health Budgets or Individual Service Funds (ISFs) are a key tool for personalising care.
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: 27.08.23 Redesigning the NDIS A vision for reforming the NDIS as a regenerative system of support co-designed with people with disabilities.
Film: 26.08.23 The Value of Peer Support Peer support is one of the best ways to liberate the potential for citizens to change the world for the better.
Article: 11.08.23 Care vs Work Care offers a hopeful alternative to the destructive concept of productive work that is dominant today.
Paper: 20.07.23 Letter to Director General of DWP This letter asks the DWP to accept the harm caused by their ongoing approach to disabled people.
Article: 20.03.23 The Social Role of Friend Rules that restrict friendship between staff and people with disabilities are harmful and irrational.
Article: 02.03.23 Persecuting Those in Greatest Need Toxic welfare policies did not start with the 2010 Coalition Government, many began under New Labour.
Article: 02.03.23 A Culture of Cruelty Thatcherism and neoliberalism has created a toxic culture that targets disabled people for harm.
Article: 17.11.22 Global Standards for Self-Directed Support The SDS Network has drafted a statement for consultation on best practice on self-directed support.
Paper: 08.11.22 Biopsychosocial Model or Bio-political Ideology? Will people with Long-COVID escape the prejudices directed towards people with ME/CFS.
Paper: 07.11.22 Truth and Citizenship This Norah Fry lecture explores the conditions necessary for respecting disability rights.
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: 14.10.22 The Politics of Fear How the UK government has created an effective hostile environment for sick and disabled people.
Paper: 28.09.22 Un Nuevo Campo Social Necesitamos cultivar un nuevo campo social: we need to cultivate a new social field.
Webinar: 27.09.22 Peer Support Around the World Peer support is a transformative force for social change with many different forms.
Article: 20.09.22 Reimagining Disability in Family Life The ideal of citizenship helps a father reset his relationship with his daughter with disabilities.
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.
Webinar: 27.06.22 Towards a Citizenship Model of Support Ideas for developing a new model of support in Catalonia.
Album: 27.06.22 Self-Directed Support Graphics in Catalan Infographics on self-directed support in Catalan
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and Citizenship Simon Duffy argues that self-directed support is a tool for enhancing our citizenship.
Article: 20.06.22 The Challenge of Citizenship A talk to mark the Launch of Values Into Action Scotland at the Scottish Parliament in 2007.
Story: 07.03.22 We Are Not Service Users People should not be defined by the services they use, services should not treat people as their property.
Article: 07.03.22 An Inclusive Multi-Media Campaign Irwin Mitchell created a multi-media campaign that sets a new standard for inclusivity.
Article: 28.01.22 Disability Benefits and Suicide A Channel Four documentary has revealed the cruel nature of the UK's disability system.
Article: 02.12.21 Speaking Out Self-advocacy becomes much easier when we have the support of friends, family and peers.
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…
Paper: 02.11.21 A Response to Shaping Future Support This briefing paper reviews the UK Government's Health and Disability Green Paper: Shaping Future Support and argues…
Paper: 28.09.21 The Power of Freedom A New Zealand Initiative report on the positive progress of self-directed support in New Zealand.
Paper: 18.09.21 The Quiet Progress of the New Eugenics Eugenics is now being legitimised through a mixture of policies including euthanasia, genetic testing and the…
Story: 10.06.21 Mother, Daughter and UBI A mother and a daughter, both living with disabilities, explain why they believe UBI would be transformational for…
Paper: 26.04.21 I Already Have A Job New research from the Chronic Illness Inclusion project on energy limiting chronic illness and work.
Article: 08.04.21 Energy Impairment and Social Care Many people with energy limiting impairments and chronic illness are not getting social care.
Paper: 16.03.21 The Creation of Preventable Harm The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is a key element of the UK Government's welfare policy and has caused preventable…
Film: 13.12.20 Romance, Relationships and Rights A performance by Canadian self-advocates confronting misconceptions about the right to romance and intimate…
Training: 27.11.20 Citizen-Centered Leadership Training from the Citizen-Centred Leadership Resource and Learning Center at Cornell University.
Article: 17.11.20 We Are NOT Second Class Citizens Catherine Hale spoke to members of Church Action on Poverty about how welfare reforms have harmed disabled people and…
Paper: 21.10.20 What Price Preventable Harm? Mo Stewart summarises the conclusions of the Preventable Harm Project which examined the causes and impact of the…
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