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Saba Salman: Human rights for all is not an impossible ask

Opinion

A change in the highest level of public office can signal fresh hope.

In brief

In brief

Exhibition remembers British Nazi victims A powerful exhibition reveals the stories of 13 British-born people killed in the Nazi Aktion T4 programme. Finding Ivy, a Life Worthy of Life reflects how, between 1940 and 1941, 70,000 adults in Germany and Austria who were disabled or had mental health issues were deemed to have “lives unworthy

Notice when closing a care home

Law

Suddenly deciding to close a supported living scheme without consulting residents could amount to a breach of their human rights and of other legal duties. Kathryn Gooding reports

Sporting chances

Features

A range of exercise and training opportunities are being designed around the desires of people who often cannot access or afford them. Dolly Galvis and Nikki Chivers report on a local success

Fit notes face a change

Welfare rights

Fears have arisen that claiming sickness benefits will become harder, amid claims people are being written off as unfit for work. Charlie Callanan reports on pre-election proposals

Friends on the line

Features

People detained in mental health hospitals are being supported by peers who understand from first-hand experience what they are going through. Ben Higgins reports

Jan Walmsley: elections offer an opportunity to improve lives

Opinion

It took just one senior politician to hear the message for the groundbreaking Valuing People policy to appear. Here are some issues to raise with the new government

Ian Goldsworthy: a visit to A&E lays bare the crisis of accessible care

Features

My son can get a pass to ride a roller-coaster and wear a sunflower lanyard to get support in a shop – but a visit to a hospital emergency department proves both distressing and fruitless

Mary O’Hara: sick note ‘moral mission’ blames the weakest

Opinion

Reforms to get disabled people off benefits have long failed to work – but the rhetoric is becoming harsher and implying that they are fleecing the system

Keeping researchers on board and a humanistic approach to support

Research

Studies look at the unintended consequences of coproduction and preventing these, and at the discomfort that can arise with a humanistic approach to support, says Juliet Diener

Outside and outspoken

History

Having lived in institutions for decades, Mabel Cooper was determined they should be torn down, and published her life story to educate and inspire others. Susanna Shapland reports

Getting to grips with the theory

Research

All researchers need to understand theories. So inclusive workshops, with topics chosen by self-advocates, are being organised through an international partnership. Kate Green and Nicola Grove report

Dressed to thrill

Arts

Two dancers wowed the audience at Sadler’s Wells, one in bespoke dress created for the occasion. Juliet Diener and Sam Carlisle report on a creative collaboration

Astonishing ballet

Arts

Professional dance requires precision and perfection. Where does that leave those with a different body shape or type of mind? Simon Jarrett spends an evening finding out at Sadler’s Wells

Banjos in the orchestra of business

Arts Books

An edited extract from a new book on neurodiversity in the workplace

Locked up and out of sight by law

Arts Books

David O’Driscoll looks at a Victorian law that led to people being put in institutions – and why researching their histories can prove difficult

Award win for Community Living columnist

Opinion

Community Living’s Mary O’Hara has won a prestigious journalism award for her writing in the magazine

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