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3 Comment Responses to Covid-19 run 21 Don’t count, don’t care? Covid-19
from magnificence to startling death rates in care homes show vividly
ignorance the low value still being placed on
some people’s lives
6 Letters Supported living could be the
next coronavirus scandal after care 22 Accusing saints: when no one listens
homes; Jean Vanier’s great betrayal Could women with learning disabilities
have been victims of Jean Vanier? The
odds are particularly stacked against
Dancing through
lockdown, page 14 7 Welfare rights: financial help at a time vulnerable people who speak up
of Covid-19 Rules around claiming
benefits are relaxed and there is
support for people in work 24 Research: evidence on self-advocacy
groups A review of the literature
shows what difference self-advocacy
8 Legal: shedding light on shameful organisations make to the those who
practice Local Government and Social take part in them
Care Ombudsman cases highlight poor
practice in social care
25 Route to finding a sense of place
Feeling connected in a community and
10 Care in the crisis Dealing with the creating an inclusive society were
A young life cut short,
page 16 Covid-19 turmoil and keeping services themes of the Learning Disability
going during lockdown is likened to England conference
sprinting through a marathon
26 Living in a cotton wool cage The lives
13 Care law weakened Councils can of people with learning disabilities in
downgrade their legal duties into Malta are often restricted because of
powers under the emergency family concerns. What can be done to
Coronavirus Act address overprotection?
14 Creative in the crisis Support 28 Summertime reading Eight novels
Finding out about life in providers, dance companies, entertain, engross and tell us
Japan, page 18 employment projects and counsellors something about attitudes to learning
have to change how they work disability
16 A young life cut short A mother’s story 28 Book reviews The first international
about her son Richard whose death history of learning disability in the
could have been prevented, and her 20th century
fight for others in his memory
29 Small screen gems Five feature films, a
18 Our friends across the Pacific What is BAFTA-winning TV series and a radio
life and ‘belonging’ like for people with drama you can access from your sofa
We need to count care learning disabilities in Japan? A visit
home death rates, page 21 allowed people to find out
30 History: the words of the voiceless
preserved A pioneering work of
20 Diary: an eye-opening life in lockdown oral history told by people living in
Crisis shows up the best and the worst an institution
providers, websites fear robots and TV
tells inspiring tales, says Suzanne Gale
Films to watch at home,
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