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1 Comments: Join the fght to end hate crime against people with learning disabilities;
NHS referrals are what keeps institutions like St Andrews in business;
End of an era – and start of a new one

4 news “Ambitious reforms” needed to halve the disability employment gap, says Scope;
Campaign to help people develop loving relationships;
Programme aims to keep people ‘Well Connected’
End of an era. 5 Frank fnds love trumps Hate when wife and neighbour agree
Elinor hands over the
reins to Simon, page 4 6 CASCAIDr – opening the foodgates to restore the rule of law in public services
Belinda Schwehr explains what the new charity she is setting up will do
8 grief – the price of love
David o’Driscoll refects on how we can help people cope with bereavement

9 Is supported housing at risk?
matthew eddisford reports on looming threats to the future of supported housing

10 Disappearing in plain sight? the strange death of learning disability identity
Laura Harris on how adults can be infantilised by the idea of protection and
David o’Driscoll recalls the struggles he has faced encouraging people to talk about
Belinda Schwehr is their lives in NHS institutions
establishing a new charity
to restore the rule of law 12 end of an era – and start of a new one
in public services, page 6
Seán kelly talks to Elinor Harbridge as she retires after 30 years at the helm
of Community Living

14 Impact do Shakespeare
Images of The Impact Theatre Company’s riveting performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

16 Hermann gross – an artist inspired by children with learning disabilities
robin Jackson tells this extraordinary story

17 Fighting hate crime – are you ‘with Sam’?
Simon Jarrett on Dimensions’s timely campaign

Artist inspired by children 19 How to help people make real connections with their community
with learning disabilities, Jo grace describes how sensory engagement can be used to help people connect
page 16 with the world

20 research: Quality checking empowers both people and staff
Choice Support carried out research to fnd out how quality checking could help
individuals and whether it made a difference to their support. thomas Doukas reports

21 lives – not services
In a tough environment of budget reductions, workforce problems and provider
struggles, three conferences focussed on the positive. rosemary trustam reports

23 Book reviews
Using sensory John o’Brien enjoys the challenge presented by a new book on community care
engagement to help and inclusion; michael Baron on a lively, opinionated attempt to understand and
people connect with explain autism.
the world, page 19
25 theatre review A smart look at that nagging ‘who’s human?’ question
Simon Jarrett reviews a challenging play
television review Nothing much happened… and that’s very exciting
Two recent TV programmes featured people with learning disabilities in ordinary roles
Film review Simon Jarrett on a flm that breaks new ground

27 Benefts – The rules governing DLA for children are more complex
but a child under16 may still qualify
Charlie Callanan explains

A smart look at 28 Classic Images
that ‘Who’s human’? ‘Simply Simon – a natural, a silly fellow’
question, page 25 Simon Jarrett unearths the history of Simple Simon

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