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Institutional design – the pathway to freedom
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?
Read MoreA conversation with Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
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
Read MoreMoving house with autism
Many autistic people have difficulties making plans and with day-to-day organisation. This can have a major impact on aspects of independent living, including moving house.
Read MoreThe role of Smart Homes to enhance independent living
Every Care Provider will confirm that technology is not in itself a silver bullet, but that it does have enormous value when when deployed as part of a person-centred support plan
Read MoreSo many laws!
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
Read MoreDown but not out: why a new law should embrace everyone
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.
Read MoreTaking care to get the best carers
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
Read MoreA social investment perspective on supported living
A view from a key Coral investor on the rationale amd impact of social investment into supported living
Read MoreSay it in Anglo-Saxon
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
Read MoreIn praise of Tizard – disbelief and data
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.”
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