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Dads and disability
TweetImagine feeling under pressure to keep your child a secret from your employer. Imagine, at the other extreme, being abandoned by your friends for focusing too much on the needs of that child. What about if you felt you didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Social care, Social exclusion, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged employment, young people
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Cuts: do the right maths
TweetI had to share the infographic below from learning disability charity United Response which, if you’ve not already seen it, lays bare the impact of cuts to disability living allowance (DLA), the benefit that helps people with care and mobility … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Learning disability, Social care, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, housing, learning disability, third sector
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Storytelling in senility: revealing dynamic personalities beneath the dementia
TweetOne of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t take down more of my mother’s stories before her slide into dementia accelerated. I would have liked to know more about her brief engagement to a Vietnamese diplomat, or the time … Continue reading
Posted in Health, media & communication, Music & arts, Older people, Social care, Uncategorized
Tagged health, music & arts, older people, social care
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Stephen Greenhalgh: localism hero or demolition man?
TweetStephen Greenhalgh is hated and feted. To Labour, he is a tyrant for keeping council tax low at the expense of frontline services in the west London borough he has led since 2006. To the Conservatives, he is a town … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Education, Employment, Housing, Local government, Refugees & asylum, Social care, Social exclusion
Tagged cuts, education, employment, housing, local government
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12 days of Christmas, Social Issue-style
TweetSeason’s greetings from The Social Issue – to mark the jollities, here’s a snapshot of some of the upbeat posts and pictures about people, projects and places featured over the last 12 months. This festive pick is by no means … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Blogging, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Music & arts, Older people, Poverty, Social care, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Wellbeing, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged antisocial behaviour, big society, blogging, charity, cuts, education, employment, happiness, health, housing, learning disability, music & arts, older people, service users, social enterprise, third sector, young people, youth crime
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More recognition for the role of carers
TweetJanet Down only realised she was a full-time carer for her disabled husband when she fell ill a few years ago and could not look after him. Suffering back pain from lifting and depression from coping unsupported, her inability to … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Health, Local government, Older people, Social care, Wellbeing
Tagged cuts, health, local government, older people, service users
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We should be kind, while there is still time
TweetOver 30 years ago as a young man I first set foot in a psychiatric hospital. It was an old Victorian “asylum” in the rolling countryside of Bedfordshire. I had travelled to the south of England from my native north … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mental health, Social care, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Wellbeing
Tagged health, service users, third sector
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The world’s most common – but least known – inherited learning disability
TweetChances are you’ve never heard of the world’s most common inherited learning disability – it was news to me until my sister was diagnosed with it several years ago. Today is Fragile X Awareness Day in 16 European countries including … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Learning disability, Social care, Third sector, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged charity, education, Fragile X, health, learning disability, third sector, young people
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The vital role of creative thinking in care
TweetSeven years ago, no one could have imagined Martin* living anywhere but in residential care. The then 24-year-old, who is autistic and has a moderate learning disability, was exploited by ‘friends’ who dealt drugs from his housing association flat in … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Social care, Social exclusion, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Tagged housing, learning disability, local government, service users
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