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3 Comment One community? How 18 Something is real – the gates of
making assumptions can leave Strawberry Field are open again A
people out place made famous in a Beatles song is
now helping people find work
6 Letters Religious faith can frame
experiences; terms reflect individuals 20 Supporting the people on the edge
and society; success in a tough job People with moderate learning
disabilities often miss out, and Liz Tilly
has spent decades addressing this
A sharp focus on
self-employment, page 14 7 Welfare rights: a complex move to
universal credit Universal credit is
troublesome, especially when people 22 Act together, uphold human rights
are moving from previous benefits What if you lost your rights – such as
deciding who comes into your home?
A guide helps us to collaborate to
8 Legal: using the ombudsman when maintain rights in supported living
councils break the Care Act The
ombudsman can be an alternative to
the courts and has certain advantages 24 Research: self-building a life and a
community People can construct their
lives successfully if key building blocks
10 Language of rights needs revisiting to help them do this are put in place
Smoothie operator makes
the Leaders List, page 16 The way we discuss human rights
needs re-examining if we are to truly
advocate and build communities 25 Diary: the rapid, wrong conclusions
The reaction to a horrific case is a call
for collective punishment, quack
11 Ten years bearing a torch Sara Pickard therapy has a sinister undertone and
has championed inclusion, mingled socks go crazy, says Simon Jarrett
with celebrities, acted on stage and
held down work
26 Innovation in hard times Transferring
public property to the community
12 How inclusive is the learning disability brings social benefits; the slow
Getting creative at Jigsaw, community? Could self-advocates do progress of the Autism Strategy
set up by Liz Tilly, page 20 more to include people with profound
and multiple learning disabilities?
27 Make it showtime for everyone An
app allows people to find out how
13 The trouble with rights in reality Why disability friendly a venue is and post
are the fundamental human rights of their own reviews
people with learning disabilities
proving so problematic?
28 Rolling out the red carpet to all
Disability has a lower profile than other
14 A self-employed route to work Two areas of diversity at TV and film awards
self-advocates in Wales, fed up of
Rights include choosing being excluded from work, decided
relationships, page 22 self-employment was the way forward 29 Book reviews A dog’s story helps with
poo problems; using responsive
communication with sensory signals
16 Meet the leaders who make society
better for all Campaigners, creatives
and entrepreneurs all made the 30 History: when mass murder was social
Dimensions Learning Disability and policy Nazi eugenics were based on
Autism Leaders List ‘improvement through exclusion’, with
no place for disabled people
Friendship groups help
people build lives, page 24
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