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Winter 2017

A wonderful introduction to psychoanalytic ideas

A pioneer advocate for people with Down’s syndrome

Valuing People, 15 years old – destination reached, stalled or derailed?

Farewell to The National Forum and National Valuing Families Forums – the last vestiges of Valuing People

Hungary struggles to shed its institutional past

‘Elfrida people’ celebrate 100 years of creative and innovative work

More heartbreaking stories came to light in the second 7 Days of Action

Female researcher

Is medication used unnecessarily for people who have ‘behaviour that challenges‘?

Negotiating the direct payments maze

Sean Kelly

Can Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) offer autistic children a brighter future?

A festival of fun with a serious message

A funny sad triumph of a memoir

Kate – a story of neglect with a happy ending

Will people with Down’s syndrome disappear from our world?

A powerful story about the instinctive empathy of the dispossessed

How can we help people who fall through the holes in the safety net?

Making ‘Science and The Swastika’ – Hitler’s war against disabled people

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