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3 Comment Covid-19 exposes the 20 In praise of the difficult parent Parents
precarious nature of support around are often labelled troublesome by the
the world authorities just because they want the
best for their children
6 Letters Big money behind institutional
thinking, mental health workshops, 21 Making the grown-up visible An
and reports show needs have gone awkward, imbalanced mother-and-
unrecognised during the pandemic daughter relationship became more
respectful through self-advocacy
Changes to medical
assessments, page 7
7 Welfare rights: medical assessments
Assessments for disability benefits are 22 How Covid-19 exposed a deep
now based on paper records or done medical ethics problem The pandemic
on the phone rather than in person illustrates how health services can fail
people with learning disabilities
8 Legal: legal aid – what it covers and
who can get it The rules for getting 24 Ed Davey MP’s child trust fund
help with legal expenses are complex, campaign Young people with learning
but it is still available for some cases disabilities are being denied access to
their own savings
My escape from hospital
to west Africa, page 16 10 Self-advocacy fills the gaps as
Covid-19 closes services Research 25 When talking takes the biscuit The
shows just how much self-advocacy perils of language, the stupidity of
groups have stepped in intellectuals and some baffling
moral juggling
11 Pandemic brings potential to light A
young man surprises everyone, a care 26 Poetry reflects pandemic life Extracts
negotiation from the other side and from a poetry collection produced
service providers catch up with tech during lockdown by Emma Claire
Sweeney and poet Clare Manley
Healthy relationships 12 Covid on a global scale Covid-19 has
across the pond, page 18 affected people with learning disabilities 28 Life after lockdown Creative people
and those who support them around face an uncertain future, professionally
the world. How are they managing? and personally, and must not fall
behind when the arts reopen
15 How far have we really come? Former
Three Cs chief executive Jo Clare 29 How to open your arts venue to all
reflects back with fury and pride on Changing attitudes and working with
recent decades people who find it hard to attend
performances can improve access
16 ‘I escaped from hospital’ Alexis Quinn
‘Difficult’ parents and has written about her daring escape 30 History: payback time at last Men who
allowing choice, page 20 from a UK institution to rebuild her life were exploited for decades while
with friends in Nigeria working in a slaughterhouse in Iowa
are starting to get justice
18 Let’s talk about sex and staying safe
Efforts in US and Canada are being
made to support healthy sexuality and
prevent sexual harm
Give people their savings,
says Ed Davey, page 24
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