Shame on LEGO
I was shocked to read in my local paper that the Legoland attraction at the Trafford Centre, Manchester has decided to ban learning disabled adults unless they are accompanied by children. Their excuse for this seems to be that learning disabled adults pose a safeguarding risk to children!
TEASC: It depends what you mean by ‘Towards’
I had never really been ‘up to speed’ on TEASC until stumbling across a reference to it in a recent online bulletin on local government. TEASC stands for Towards Excellence in Adult Social Care. Full details can be found on this page from the Logal Government Association (LGA) website , which states: “Towards Excellence in […]
The power of the petition…
We can report another ‘successful’ petition on change.org The following petition appeared on change.org’s website on 19th December 2014 Petitioning National Health Service Cumbria This petition was delivered to: National Health Service Cumbria Give Mike a chance to live in a home near his family in Wigton, Cumbria. Jennifer Henderson, Silloth, United Kingdom
IPCC considering discrimination involving the police. Disability Rights UK wants your views/experiences.
The following was received in an email from Disability Rights UK. If you feel you could help, please follow the contact guidance. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will be producing new guidelines for police in 2015 on how to handle discrimination complaints. The IPCC has asked Disability Rights UK to feed into this work […]
Carers face a postcode lottery accessing support
A newly published report entitled ‘How local authorities allocate resources t0 carers through carer personal budgets’ has found that carers face a postcode lottery in access to support because of significant variations in the way councils carry out assessments, determine eligibility and allocate resources. The study into how councils treat carers was undertaken by the Social Policy […]
The Camphill Research Network
A new resource: The Camphill Research Network You may have read on this website, in our newsletter Resnews, or in the media generally (BBC, Private Eye, Northern Echo etc.), of events at Botton Village and other Camphill sites. If you are seeking more information on Camphill and indeed on intential communities generally, you may find […]
Equality and Human Rights Commission consults on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has just published a report on how the UK is putting the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into practice, and is seeking ‘feedback’ from interested parties. You may wish to read the report and then decide if you have anything to contribute. The report is […]
Just published (Dec 17th) “Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment: first independent review”.
On 17th December, Mark Harper Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People) made the following ministerial statement in the Commons: “The Government are pleased to announce that the first independent review of the personal independence payment (PIP) assessment, carried out by Paul Gray, will be published later today. This is the first […]
Complaints matter – CQC report
Complaints now matter to the CQC… The December e-newsetter from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has just arrived in our inbox. The leading item is entitled ‘Complaints Matter’ and is introduced as follows: “Our new report ‘Complaints matter’ concludes there is wide variation in complaint handling and much more could be done to encourage an […]
Guidance due on ‘low-level support’ for people with autism
Government announces plans to use new Care Act to promote provision of low-level support to people with autism. The provision of ‘low-level support’ seems to be linked to an intention to implement Think Autism, the 2014 update to the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy. The announcement came via an exchange between Tom Clarke MP (Chair of the […]