Last year our convener Neil Crowther worked with filmmaker Leighton Wise & Warrington Borough Council to help tell stories of the diversity & value of adult social care at its best in the borough, drawing on our framing research. You can watch some of them here: socialcarefuture.org.uk/stories/warrin…

Brilliant as always 👇🏻

Brilliant blogpost by jenny morris contrasting the evidence based origins of Disability Living Allowance under a Tory government in 1990 and the evidence free ideas that have shaped reform since 2010 jennymorrisnet.blogspot.com/2013/01/disabi…

Another cracking 'words that make me go hmmm' blog from Bryony Shannon - this time on 'independent' rewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/04/27/ind… It's definitely one of those 'code' words that means different things in serviceland than it does in the real world! 1/2

Developing inclusive schools is a LONG process, too. Today's parent advocates stand on other parent's giant shoulders who made a small opening initially for our kids to be allowed just to be there. Making inclusion work for all remains to be a challenge, kudos to the book.

I've just read a response from a ' #SEND ' teacher claiming that their job is to teach Autistic children to 'function'

No, that is not your job

Ever

Education needs a seriously reckoning. Teachers need support to be informed & reflective

And the normative bollocks needs binned

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Disability Rights UK responds to todays benefit announcement which reads as a crackdown on Disabled claimants!

Read the full statement here: 👇
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My webinar on helping children with severe anxiety is tomorrow lunchtime. It’s aimed parents of those young people who have completely withdrawn and who may not be leaving their homes or bedrooms. It is recorded if you can’t make the time.

Please share if you know families who…

Looks like we’re at it again aren’t we?
Let’s clarify: I am in work, as a disabled person and I am claiming PIP to enable me to be in work! I have a job and I claim PIP to help with extra costs of being disabled. Can news outlets get this right? #Yorkshire

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Yup, I fail at 'independence' as often defined by social care. Really important discussions to be had about this and beautifully explored by Bryony Shannon

This was the case that got everyone thinking about the human rights of autistic people and people with learning disabilities. Such a novel idea then, but part of so many everyday conversations now.
For sure, those human rights are still so often missing but, thanks to Steven…

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I took part in a panel discussion where somebody made a comment about limiting the range of options a person could choose from as they would find the choice hard to make. That didn’t sit easily with me. I probably gave an overly flippant response.

BLOG ⬇️ gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/gloriously-ord…

Nicely put. No need for power play.

I love it when skilled professional people use normal language, & talk & listen in a down to earth way. No need to impress or use jargon or weird power play. Obvsly there's tons of experience in the background but in the moment it just feels like being with someone wise & caring.

Only thing I’ll probably disagree with you about Maff Potts is that biscuits are ESSENTIAL. Spot on 👇🏻

A great FREE opportunity to hear and learn from people, doing the changes, and making a local difference across England, Scotland, Wales #CommunityLedSupport what’s not to like 🤷🏼‍♀️👇 Jenny Pitts CLS NDTi