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Inspiration: 31.10.16 In Control Scotland - a library In Control Scotland (ICS) is Citizen Network’s strategic partner in Scotland.
Article: 25.10.16 Stop Unethical Research on Children Catherine Hale explains why unethical research on children with ME must be stopped and urges you to sign the #stopGet…
Paper: 17.08.16 Stronger Together - Family Event Bringing Us Together and Respond hosted a gathering of disabled children and young people, parents and families to…
Story: 04.08.16 Care Cuts: Indignity & Uprootedness An anonymous account of the reality of social care for one man with complex disabilities in the United Kingdom.
Paper: 02.08.16 Replacing Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) This research by Stef Benstead and Emma Nock, published by Ekklesia, looks at the support needs of people with chronic…
Paper: 20.07.16 I Would Never Have Believed A report from the Thistle Foundation and Animate on Learning from the Individual Service Fund (ISF) Pilot undertaken…
Paper: 19.07.16 A Troubling Truth Dr Claudia Gillberg reflects on her own experience of living with the chronic illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis or…
Article: 04.07.16 The Goal is Citizenship Not the NDIS Kate Fulton explores what support providers in Australia should focus on to deliver better outcomes for those who will…
Article: 15.05.16 Totally Wrong List An overview of all the Government policies which harm or disadvantage people with learning disabilities in England.
Paper: 10.05.16 The Dane County Difference Dane County in Wisconsin, USA has been a beacon of social innovation for people with intellectual and developmental…
Paper: 09.05.16 Trabajar en Red Para Lograr el Cambio Social David Towell y Heidy Araque reflexionan sobre la experiencia de la red inclusiva basada en ciudad Colombiana de…
Article: 04.05.16 Next Steps on Inclusion Simon Duffy wonders why progress to inclusion seems to have stalled and sets out the case for personalised support.
Paper: 26.04.16 Life on the Back Roads Dr Mark Bagshaw is Deputy President of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and writes here about his…
Film: 15.04.16 Claiming Full Citizenship The Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship has created a website hosting a series of films following the Claiming Full…
Slide: 05.04.16 Farewell to Welfare Simon Duffy gave this talk on the demise of the welfare state under the leadership of the UK's Conservative Party at the…
Article: 22.03.16 Why I Keep Banging on About Citizenship Simon Duffy summarises the conclusion of his philosophical essay Citizenship and the Welfare State and what it means…
Slide: 21.03.16 What is the Good Society? A presentation for the Adur Churches Network exploring the good society, citizenship and how we can restore the…
Slide: 21.03.16 What Went Wrong with the Welfare State? Simon Duffy gave this talk at a Bishop's Breakfast in Bolton setting out why the welfare state is essential to justice,…
Slide: 21.03.16 The Future of Welfare Reform A presentation for Sheffield's Citizen Advice Bureau exploring the UK Government's account of welfare reform and…
Article: 25.02.16 Personal Budgets Just Mean Freedom In the third of a series of essays from Finland Simon Duffy explains that a personal budget is fundamentally a way of…
Inspiration: 21.02.16 Basic Income Plus Simon Duffy on why a system of basic income plus an appropriate disability benefit would be a significant improvement…
Article: 15.02.16 Ending Tendering in Social Care Simon Duffy, in the second of a series of blogs from Finland, explores the problems created by tendering for social care…
Reviews: 05.02.16 Pathfinders Review 2 David Towell reviews Pathfinders, the latest book by John O'Brien and Beth Mount published by Inclusion Press.
Article: 02.02.16 Politics & Economics of Personal Budgets In the first of a short series of essays Simon Duffy explores the political and economic challenges of moving towards…
Reviews: 22.01.16 Pathfinders This book by John O'Brien and Beth Mount describes what we can learn from pathfinders with disabilities who have helped…
Article: 23.11.15 A Response to Robin Jackson Leading learning disability academic Jan Walmsley responds to Robin Jackson's critical report on the failure of…
Paper: 17.11.15 Close to Collapse An interim report from Action for M.E on access to social care and advocacy for people with M.E/CFS (Myalgic…
Film: 08.10.15 Growing Older Mervyn Eastman talks with Simon Duffy about growing older, the meaning of citizenship and the challenges facing the…
Article: 06.10.15 A Citizen with Learning Difficulties Wendy Perez writes about what it means to be a citizen with learning difficulties.
Slide: 04.10.15 Trust Is The Key Inclusion, based in Glasgow, use Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and Personalised Support but trust is the deeper…
Article: 03.10.15 Learning Difficulty or Learning Disability Wendy Perez explains why she prefers the term 'learning difficulty' to 'learning disability'.
Paper: 03.10.15 Respectful Language Laura (Mole) Chapman explores what lies behind the idea of respectful language and reflects on the use of language in…
Story: 02.10.15 Using a Personal Health Budget Rob Moriarty describes the benefits of using a personal health budget for himself and the merits of the system.
Article: 16.09.15 Power and Love Simon Duffy explores what we can learn from intentional communities such as L'Arche and Camphill.
Paper: 25.08.15 Transition & Integration - changing our starting point Pippa Murray and Simon Duffy reflect on the core elements of an effective transition process in a system of…
Story: 29.07.15 Battling for Disabled People's Equality Jim Elder-Woodward was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glasgow for his work advancing disability…
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus Response to Cuts in ESA The Spartacus Network show how Government policies are unfair, unreasonable and in conflict with International…
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus ESA Mythbuster Members of Spartacus Network bust the dangerous myths and misinformation that has grown up around ESA.
Article: 06.07.15 Assuming Capacity Sam Sly underlines the importance of assuming capacity to ensure people with learning disabilities get the best…
Paper: 30.04.15 Quality Checking Government A survey by the Learning Disability Alliance England on the impact of the UK Government on people with learning…
Paper: 22.04.15 Work Capability Assessment: deaths and suicides This report from the Spartacus Network draws together accounts of death and suicide associated with the WCA.
Paper: 31.03.15 Kids on Inclusion Poster 1 20 Things to do with a friend is a poster created by children thinking about inclusion and friendship.
Paper: 31.03.15 Kids on Inclusion Poster 2 20 Important things about friends is a poster created by children thinking about inclusion and friendship.
Paper: 31.03.15 Kids on Inclusion Poster 3 20 reasons to have friends is a poster created by children thinking about inclusion and friendship.
Article: 31.03.15 Taxing a Tax - The Impact of Secret Tory Cuts Jim Elder-Woodward reflects on the way in which the further targeting of disabled people also impacts the Care or…
Paper: 25.03.15 Who Cares? Author Robin Jackson offers a critique of the UK's social care system and the negative impact of ideology,…
Article: 25.03.15 The Threat of Micro-Institutionalisation Robin Jackson explains why people with learning disabilities are threatened by a growing trend to…
Story: 04.03.15 The Struggle to Get Control Sam and Paul Mauchline live in Australia and tell the story of their struggle to get control of Paul's support package.
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