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In brief

A question of success –and how to achieve it What does success mean to people with learning disabilities? A recent LDN London event Spotlight On focused on this question. The event at the London Canal Museum, introduced by Community Living writer Simon Jarrett and chaired by editor Saba Salman, heard from five people about their

Carers pursued for cash

How could a benefit worth little more than £80 a week end up being overpaid by £5,000 or more? And why is this getting worse? Charlie Callanan looks at the scandal around carer’s allowance

United in our profession

A call on social media to bring student learning disability nurses together has grown into a movement and a thriving community. Saba Salman talks to Positive Choices founder Helen Laverty

Comfort at clinic

GPs are showing they are being learning disability friendly so they can improve patients’ wellbeing and take-up of health checks. Saba Salman reports

Reading with pictures

Katie Smith became chief executive of Beyond Words after seeing how the picture books allowed people to make decisions and talk about what they wanted to discuss. Seán Kelly meets her

The trauma of carers

Parents and carers of disabled children can experience trauma for any number of reasons and this can manifest in several ways. A working group is here to help, says Joanna Griffin

Inquests: learning from deaths

Inquests are held in coroner’s courts and can look into the circumstances around a death. Our new court reporter, George Julian, discusses inquests and how she became involved in them

Cave in the community

An archaeological discovery suggests a Neanderthal child with Down syndrome was cared for. But we must be wary of comparing ourselves to distant ancestors, says Simon Jarrett

The best of friends

‘I’ve never looked back,’ says a member of a friendship club. Hazel Morgan tells the social club’s story, how it has made people confident – and led to a newspaper column and a cat book

Rising star in space show

Scientific items have inspired Clifton Wright’s artworks in a heavenly exhibition. Simon Jarrett celebrates an up-and-coming artist – and finds out why his portraits can seem disturbing

Artworks come to life

A variety show becomes something more complex and curious as paintings come alive, building sites inspire and flower power offers some light relief. Simon Jarrett is riveted by dramatic dancing

Own eyes, own words

US anthropologist Robert B Edgerton was struck by the lack of testimonies of people with learning disabilities who had become independent – so put this right. Susanna Shapland reports

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