The government has issued an apology to both a care home resident and his mother following systematic neglect and cruelty. Cat Rubens and Alison Millar report. Leigh Day
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‘People like Connor are still left to die in squalor’: the truth, joy and tragedy behind Laughing Boy
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#JusticeforLB

How people are assessed regarding whether they could do some form of work is to change, so more will have to pursue activities related to employment.

Charlie Callanan has good and bad news communitylivingmagazine.com/ability-to-wor…
#disabilityrights #learningdisability #inclusion

'She was a dearly loved child'. You may have seen the Mail piece on Finding Ivy:

A Life Worthy Of Life tinyurl.com/epywautw

Do read the background to this crucial project by Helen Atherton & Simon Jarrett

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A vivid drama about Connor Sparrowhawk and a campaign for justice is to be staged Jermyn Street Theatre
Stephen Unwin describes the inspiration and message behind his play. Prof Ryan #JusticeforLB
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Our new issue is out now - here's editor Saba Salman brief run down of some of our stories: communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-sp…
NDTi Mary O'Hara Forum Central Thera catherine carter Certitude.London Joanna Grace Frozen Light @Shalim1986 Simon Jarrett Cat Rubens Leigh Day

📢 Community Living Magazine new stories are out today, we recently redesigned the quarterly (some previous and glorious covers🔽) and launched a new site communitylivingmagazine.com

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'NEW STORIES OUT FRIDAY!' We can't wait to share our new edition with you . All our regular features and opinion plus a focus on how arts shine a light on overlooked issues.
Cover stars: Frozen Light

Putting experiences in a historical context can take away a feeling of failure and of being the only one to be treated in a certain way – and ensure wrongs aren’t repeated. Jan Walmsley Why we need to revisit and reclaim the past.
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Foul.

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Going on ⁦BBC Breakfast⁩ to talk about #bouncegate - Olly being asked to produce medical letter to be allowed to jump at ⁦Oxygen Freejumping⁩ Acton. #DisabilityTwitter - I feel badly informed about ‘papers please’ social exclusion. Grateful for your texts & msgs 2 prog.

🚨 Around £534 million is spent on inpatient beds for over 2,000 people with a learning disability & autistic people in England.

Exclusive data gathered by ITV News & analysed by Mencap has exposed the shocking cost of keeping these people locked away in mental health hospitals.

Young adults within a dance community are being offered paid and volunteering opportunities through a community leadership programme, says Juliet Diener
icandance

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Hospital archive records and family memories of people who grew up in institutional care are being used to ensure we see the whole person and help them tell their own life stories, says Noel Fagan FutureDirections CIC
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Congratulating longtime supporter of Community Living Elfrida Society on a well-deserved recognition 👏