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3 Comment It took a lethal pandemic to 16 When epidemics bring too many
get routine injustice into the headlines deaths People with learning disabilities
died at high rates in both the Covid
and the Spanish flu pandemics
6 Letters A chance to improve inpatient
unit inspections; actor Terry Smith
– a sad loss; farewell, Rose Trustam; 18 We should be proud of who we are
vaccine victory; children in lockdown Baroness Jane Campbell talks about
exclusion from work and disability
activism as well as priorities for today
Challenging charging
policies, page 7 7 Welfare rights: deductions made from
benefits Money can be taken out of
payments for a variety of reasons but 20 Impossible to improve: institutions
amounts are capped must go The assessment and treatment
model of care is harmful and creates
the conditions for human rights abuses
8 Legal: tackling unfair charging policies
A judicial review found a council
discriminated in how it assessed a 22 Hate crime – don’t be a bystander
person with severe disabilities Efforts are being made to stamp out
hate crime, which affects the majority
of people with a learning disability
10 Obituary: Rosemary Trustam: a
Obituary: Rose Trustam,
page 10 remarkable, driven advocate The life
of a renowned fighter for the rights of 23 Taking steps against bullying
people with learning disabilities Anti-Bullying Week celebrated unity
and difference, kicking off with
Odd Socks Day
11 Talking online closes the distance
Being able to meet online during
lockdown has brought many people 24 Power and prejudice: the deep roots
and places nearer of failure in medical ethics How did the
medical profession’s antipathy towards
learning disability arise – and why?
12 The persistent stupidity of intellectuals
Baroness Jane Campbell, Why have the well educated for so
page 18 long held the disabled in contempt and 27 Reviews The Crown reveals the royal
why does eugenics refuse to die? family’s shameful secrecy and a radio
series follows a young couple living an
ordinary life
14 A new role to encourage employers
Roger W Haworth: protest; poster: Wellcome Collection; royals: National Digital Archives of Poland
Sara Pickard looks forward to her
government role promoting people 28 How Emmerdale got it so very wrong
with learning disabilities to employers The ITV soap opera has caused outrage
in the Down syndrome community and
raised some concerning ethical issues
15 Course shows appetite for learning
A course for staff shows there is
Deep roots of medical pent-up demand for alternatives to 30 History: from people last to People
ethics failure, page 24 vocational education First Abuse in an Oregon institution led
to a self-advocacy movement that
went global
The royal family’s
shameful secrecy, page 27
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