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IN THIS ISSUE

3 Comment This is a call to arms – never 20 Why experts by experience pulled out
an admission of defeat of care and treatment reviews A charity
quit a scheme to keep people out of
hospital and wants others to do this too
6 Update Thanks to our supporters,
including new sponsor the Lancashire
Learning Disability Consortium 21 Podcast provides a platform for us
Self-advocates cover all manner of
topics in podcasts – and everyone has
7 Benefits: help at a time of financial a role in making them
Sir Norman Lamb on hopes
and frustrations, page 18 crisis Temporary schemes to assist
people meet energy and other costs
have been brought in 22 Research: parenting Becoming a
parent again after having had children
taken away, plus raising a family in the
8 Legal: when power of attorney is spotlight of social services
invalid Questions over past capacity
led to a lasting power of attorney
being revoked after a decade 23 Column: Chris Hatton Financial
decisions affect the control people
have over their lives – so they should
10 Doing our own research on Covid Few be involved in these, not absent
academic studies on the pandemic
Why self-advocates quit have involved those with learning
review scheme, page 20 disabilities but this is changing 24 A law that leaves people locked up
The law on compulsory detention and
treatment and those who implement it
11 Column: Shalim Ali Financial are breaching human rights
independence is vital, but it’s hard to
say no to all the work opportunities
that come my way 26 Watching world events There is a huge
demand among people with learning
disabilities for information that helps
12 The brutality of the benefits systems them understand global affairs
The welfare system is loaded against
Making sense of the news, people with disabilities, and leaves
page 26 people in financial hardship for years 27 Prescription by film Concerns, difficult
moments and practical suggestions are
illustrated in an animated video for
14 How I brought my brother back When health professionals
his brother Reuben became unwell,
Manni Coe made a home for him
28 Book reviews: a glossy book that
bursts with outstanding images plus
16 Community living – what does it how the benefit system abuses those it
mean to you? People with learning is meant to serve
disabilities, relatives, carers, academics
professionals and allies give their views
Film to educate health 30 History: securing marriage with a
professionals, page 27 free wife The legacy of marital
18 ‘You’ve got to have someone who is practices in postwar Taiwan
challenging the system’ Sir Norman
Lamb talks about leadership and what
helps and hinders life in the community

A book full of wonderful
images, page 28

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