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Energy Impairment and Social Care
There are many people with energy limiting impairments and chronic illness who are either not getting social care or are getting inappropriate care.
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The Creation of Preventable Harm
The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is a key element of the UK Government's welfare policy and has caused preventable harm and suicide by disabled people.
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We Are NOT Second Class Citizens
Catherine Hale spoke to members of Church Action on Poverty about how welfare reforms have harmed disabled people and the need for radical action now.
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What Price Preventable Harm?
Mo Stewart summarises the conclusions of the Preventable Harm Project which examined the causes and impact of the flawed WCA.
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The Entrepreneur in the Wheelchair
The Entrepreneur in the Wheelchair
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Basic Income Plus: Easy Read Version
Basic Income Plus is a radical way to reform benefits by giving everyone enough to live on and ensuring people with extra needs get more.
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Energy Impairment Easy Read
This is the Easy Read version of the Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion report produced by the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project.
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Good Things About Individual Service Funds
An easy read guide to Individual Service Funds or ISFs. A great way to manage your support.
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A Two-Tier Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent coronavirus legislation demonstrates that Government does not value disabled or older people as equals.
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I Feel Forgotten
The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project's submission to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on people with protected characteristics.
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Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion
This ground-breaking report outlines the barriers facing people with chronic illness and explores the concept of energy impairment.
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Coronavirus Act 2020: Easy Read
Dorset Advocacy have shared their Easy Read guide to how the Coronavirus Act might affect your care and support.
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Basic Income and Independent Living
Basic income (UBI) could have major benefits for disabled people, but the independent living movement needs to be fully included in the conversation.
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Self-Directed Support Graphics in Greek
Infographics on self-directed support translated into Greek developed for the SDS Network.
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The DWP Fails People with a Learning Disability
Neil Carpenter describes the barriers to justice and economic security created by the DWP's systems.
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The Hub at Yeovil
The Hub at Yeovil is an example of a community bringing young disabled people together to build lives of citizenship and useful employment.
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Buurtzorg and Self-Management
Buurtzorg is a powerful social innovation, started in the Netherlands, which enables self-management and continuity of care.
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Self-Direction Worldwide
Lynn Breedlove observes the competing conceptions of self-directed support emerging around the world.
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Avanzando en la ruta hacia una educación inclusiva en Latinoamérica
Reflexiones de un viaje a través de Bolivia, Perú y Colombia en octubre 2019.
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Advancing Inclusive Schooling in Latin America
Further reflections from Stepanía Duarte Mora and David Towell on advancing the journey to inclusive and quality schooling in Latin America.
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Why I Wrote Second Class Citizens
Stef Benstead found that many people, like Christian Conservatives, care about poverty but have false beliefs about why it exists, this inspired her to write Second Class…
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Influences and Consequences
In the conclusion to the Preventable Harm Project Mo Stewart shows how US companies and right-wing ideology have savaged the lives of disabled people.
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The Journey to Inclusive Schooling
This new guide shares eight case studies from schools already well-advanced in the journey to inclusivity now focusing on changing themselves from within.
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Narrative Approaches and Inclusion
Colin Newton provides an overview of the emerging use of narrative approaches in psychology and their relationship to person-centred planning.