What can we do about health services that fail people with learning disabilities?
As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, many of our hospitals and health care services really aren’t geared up to address people with physical disabilities or sensory impairments. However, recent research suggests that the group who really lose out when it comes to the health care most people take for granted is people with learning disabilities. [...]
Disability hate crime – does it even exist?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission are launching an inquiry into disability hate crimes. And not before time. Every working day, on average, at least one person appears in court charged with a crime against a disabled person. Nearly half of these involve violence. A disability hate crime is a criminal offense motivated by hatred [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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