Thinking Articles

“Technology must serve humanity not replace it”. These words ring truer than ever as AI extends its reach into more and more facets of our daily lives.

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

Who comes to mind when you hear the word ‘autism’? The answer is probably not women or girls…

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

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.

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

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

A view from a key Coral investor on the rationale amd impact of social investment into supported living

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.”

In politics everything must be ‘transformed’ because no-one votes for modest improvements. But what if promises turn out to be fantasies?

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

Homes England is an unsung hero in the unglamorous, but necessary, business of patiently assembing sites and remediating land for housing

There weren’t too many good things to have come out of the pandemic. However, one silver lining may have been the accelerated take-up of digital technology in health and care settings.

To: Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick MPSecretary of state for housing, communities and local government Housing and planning –…