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Paper: 13.06.11 The Path to Fairness Pippa Murray calls for radical change to welfare and support services for families of children with disabilities and…
Slide: 07.06.11 The Campaign for a Fair Society Simon Duffy explains why the cuts planned by central government are so unfair and what they reveal about the failings of…
Article: 27.05.11 Care and Support or a Fascist Plot? Norma Curran explains the roots of Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI) and the failure to focus on building…
Paper: 28.04.11 From Unfair Cuts to a Fair Society This paper sets out the case for radical reform of the system of support to older and disabled people, and all those…
Article: 03.04.11 Planning with Families Pippa Murray summarises the main things you need to do to help families plan for themselves and disabled family…
Article: 02.04.11 Cuts - Yes, Minister Geoff Tudor imagines the discussions that led to plans to cut mobility allowance for people inside residential care…
Article: 21.03.11 In Memory of Wolf Wolfensberger A man who probably did more to change the understandings and situations for disabled and vulnerable people and their…
Paper: 04.03.11 A Fair Society and the Limits of Personalisation This discussion paper describes how the current cuts that target disabled people reflect deep flaws within the…
Slide: 04.03.11 A Fair Society - Tizard Annual Lecture These slides were given as part of the 2011 Tizard Lecture given by Simon Duffy on A Fair Society & the Limits of…
Article: 03.02.11 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities This is a powerful vision of the opportunities and support which should be available to disabled people and their…
Article: 03.02.11 Unfair Cuts Public expenditure cuts by the UK government will target disabled people, older people who need extra help, poor…
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…
Paper: 25.01.11 Basic Tasks for Service Providers John O'Brien sets out the basic skills service providers need in order to successfully support people who are at risk of…
Graphic: 25.01.11 Five Basic Tasks The core competencies of any agency aiming to support people who are at risk social exclusion and devaluation
Inspiration: 25.01.11 Five Tasks of Good Support Good support means helping people connect and be part of their community.
Story: 11.01.11 Adam and his Family are in Control Adam has returned from an out of area placement to take up life as an active citizen.
Story: 11.01.11 Keith Achieves Citizenship Keith has been able to move away from institutional living and achieve real citizenship under his own control.
Article: 10.01.11 Don't Monkey with People's Lives Carl Poll gets to the heart of why the relationship between professionals and citizens can often go so wrong - and what we…
Article: 06.01.11 Citizenship in a Decent Society Simon Duffy sets out the challenge that treating each other as citizenship sets to a society that aims to be decent
Article: 06.01.11 Connection Not Inclusion Carl Poll explains the subtle but important difference between connecting and including
Reviews: 04.01.11 Much More to Life than Services Bob Rhodes offers a vision for personalisation in social care that goes beyond the use of social care services and…
Article: 01.11.10 Are Individual Budgets Really Mine? Simon Duffy argues that individual budgets are provided as additional income, which is provided to people in order…
Paper: 10.10.10 Safety for Citizens Simon Duffy explores the relationship between safeguarding and personalisation and the risks that come from…
Inspiration: 01.03.10 Personalised Pathway This model enables families with disabled children to take effective control over their support, while getting…
Inspiration: 25.02.10 Personalised Support Personalised Support is a system for providing support to people with complex and challenging needs to live their own…
Inspiration: 15.02.10 Personalised Transition Personalised Transition is a system for enabling young people with complex needs to leave school and to achieve active…
Paper: 15.10.09 Being the Boss is Best An article which describes the benefits of being your own boss.
Reviews: 05.08.09 Keys to Citizenship A guide to getting good support for people with learning disabilities.
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