Posts by Rory Coonan

David Givens, partner at Haverstock, an architectural practice in London, talks to Rory Coonan, co-founder of Coral Living and a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects

If you think social care reform is expensive, consider the political cost of getting it wrong

How do we get the best value for money out of private investment and public funding while pleasing customers, who are the tenants, their families and carers?

Dame Stephanie’s story began with a perilous journey across Europe from Nazi-occupied Vienna. She has since become a successful business person and a leading philanthropist for autistic people

Laws and policies to help provide new homes for people with learning disabilities are everywhere, but are still consistently failing to deliver enough suitable new homes

It is perfectly reasonable to ask why, for example, people with PWS (Prader-Willi Syndrome) should not equally benefit from laws in England and Wales under the Down Act.

The importance and impact of high quality care staff has been overlooked by the UK government for too long. There is a real and urgent need to address this now

What did the Anglo-Saxons ever do for us? Well, for one, they created the first examples of supported living over 1,000 years ago

The Tizard Centre at Kent University has existed for 28 years. It describes itself as “at the forefront of research into autism, intellectual disability and community care.”

A judgement handed down in the High Court found the department of work and pensions (DWP) had failed to consult disabled people adequately before publishing the national disability strategy