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IN THIS ISSUE
3 Comment No longer wanted: are some 22
types of people being screened out?
6 Letters Cut the contracts to pay and
train staff, commissioner-think,
sporting prowess and a riveting read
23
7 Welfare rights: How to complain
Taking messages to the
United Nations, page 13 about the DWP You can ask the
Department of Work and Pensions to
put matters right and may receive
compensation
24
8 Legal: following the legal routes to
securing a long-term home The law
behind getting housed, especially a
tenancy, and how authorities may
obstruct this 25
Weighed down by gold
medals, page 16 10 Professional distance versus human
touch Do keeping professional
boundaries and promoting autonomy
risk denying people emotional
connections? 26
12 Our people must be free Simone
Aspis’s campaign aims to stop people
being locked up just because they are
disabled and to make friends with
those detained 28
Ivy Angerer, UK-born Nazi
victim, page 18
13 Ambition makes a global message A
trip to the United Nations in Geneva to
tell the world about dreams,
aspirations and right to work
29
14 Keeping it punk into the night Hearing
“drink up, it’s time to go home”
propelled sweary punk band Heavy
Load into fighting for the right for
people to stay up late
Beating the drum for 30
citizenship, page 22
16 A gymnastic gold rush Greg Silvester
became an Olympian and a Special
Olympics Great Britain director
18 Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life The
story of a young woman with learning
disabilities born in the UK and killed by
the Nazis can finally be told
Growing up, breaking free,
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‘We are one’: the only way to be A
festival of performance, wellbeing and
debate urges people to act like citizens
rather than just talking about doing
the right thing
Living a life well, not just well cared
for Rich relationships can develop
between people and their personal
assistants under a cooperative model
of care
Research What gets in the way of
people with learning disabilities
developing and sustaining intimate
and sexual relationships?
Diary: swimming not sinking Simon
Jarrett is baffled by a furious response
to a lido visit, praises the routine parts
of being a trustee and sees awe-
inspiring performances
Staying local: stories of how it worked
Three stories illustrate how local
support – even in crisis – means
people can remain in their
communities
Call for choice and security in homes
Deciding on where and how you live
and rights to stay in your home were
concerns raised by Preston Learning
Disability Forum
A different coming of age A sell-out
play starring Sarah Gordy tells the story
of a young woman breaking free of the
social and family constraints imposed
by her disability
When a screen star shone a spotlight
How a Hollywood actor tackled stigma
and spurred on parent advocacy in
1950s America