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3 Comment As Down syndrome law is 18 Debate over Down syndrome law:
drawn up, debate must be respectful giving one group priority or positive
consequences for all? An outline of
the legislation, plus self-advocates
6 Our new sponsors Welcome to Thera discuss why they are for or against it
Trust and Choice Support, who join our
existing sponsors Linkability, Integrate,
LDN Network and the Elfrida Society 20 The problem with meritocracy
Societies that value intellect create
problems for those with learning
Special needs schools
segregate for life, page 11 7 Claimants who need safeguarding disabilities – and most other people
Steps to take if a person is at risk of
serious harm because of welfare
benefit problems 22 Research: stories from yesterday
resonate today, and shared decision-
making Life stories plus approaches to
8 Legal: councils admit they ration care ensure equal participation in research
Local authorities may be on the wrong
side of the law, plus an object lesson in
how legal rights are lost 24 Screen fatigue? Let’s get personal As
social distancing rules are left behind,
people are eager to meet up in real
10 What model? We just get on with it life again
The persistence of eugenic
ideas, page 16 Good support can be recognised – but
do we really need a plethora of models
to label it? 25 A role in academic research Self-
advocate Richard Keagan-Bull gets his
name on the door at the university
11 Schools that start segregated lives where he carries out studies
Special needs education segregates
children and raises questions about
who is seen as fully human 26 Strength in peer power Power is
generated when people come together
as equals to support each other, as a
12 Break down the wall of silence When women’s group has shown
Intelligence is over-rated, people die in their care, providers
page 20 should engage with families and
apologise – charities included 27 Sex and the screen A film that explores
the sexuality of a teenager with Down
syndrome reflects wider positive
14 Here to be heard Jenny Carter is developments in the film industry
determined that disability services
should be led by those who use them
and has set up a company to this end 28 Finding Grace Eyre – a pioneer of
shared lives The story of Grace Eyre,
who organised homes in the
16 Uncomfortable lessons from history community, shows the value of history
and today We are horrified by Nazi
Academic role for atrocities but do the beliefs that led to
Christy Lawrance; Wellcome Collection; Grace Eyre Foundation
self-advocate, page 25 them persist today? 30 History: absconding as an act of
resistance Escaping from hospital was
dismissed as the behaviour of “vicious”
individuals but it was a feat of defiance
A pioneer of homes in the
community, page 28
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