I have written a book, Human Rights and Social Care: Putting Rights into Practice. Find out more about this via my blog curiousgrapevine.wordpress.com or the C-Change Scotland c-change.org.uk #RightsIntoPractice #HumanRights #SocialCare

Person centred people who design and independently commission supports Mencap Bild Dr Dawn Cavanagh Gareth D Morewood Becky Gillespie Parents Voices in Wales CIC PDA Parenting Dan White : Disability Campaigner & Author ♿️

Complex reputations, complex systems, complexity everywhere...!! Let our Director Julie Boothroyd summarise in 25secs just how simple it actually all is when you remember what really matters to all of us. #thereisanotherway #moretolifethanservices

#twittereps SALTS, educators, this is a must-listen. These selectively mute twins experienced racist bullying and ended up in a psychiatric hospital. One of the twins tells her story. Our formulations must include the wider societal context. open.spotify.com/show/0q8CRyW14…

#Oliverscampaign Thank you, Baroness Hollins for getting The Oliver McGowan Mandatory training on learning disability and autism into law, I will always be grateful to you ❤️ youtu.be/QlT80_HVj5w?fe…

We are thrilled that SB483 has passed through the California Senate! #ShineOnMax

#Oliverscampaign Oh my goodness, I cannot believe what I am hearing Maria Caulfield Gillian Keegan David Johnston OBE Claire Murdoch Tom Cahill 🌈🌈 I would like to ask with respect that you please step in. I am totally shocked by what I am hearing

Dr Zena Aldridge RMHN MA QN FRSA 🌻Jane Nickels🌻 MA, RNLD James Ridley Tizard Centre Dementia UK NDTi Research Joseph Rowntree Foundation Burdett Trust 💙 NHS England Steve Hardy🏳️‍🌈 Andy McDonnell dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/under-…

No words 👇🏼

Great blog (as ever) from Wendy. Made me reflect on ‘gappers’ those people who can operate in the gap between the communities people live in & serviceland. It’s a vital but too rare role. Without it we fail to harness the assets in neighbourhoods & see services over reach. RF

An MP has called for the resignation of the three Warwickshire councillors accused of making offensive comments about children with SEND. The councillors have made somewhere of a rubbish apology. They should go, not wait to see if it blows over bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dr. Zachary Walker Dr Jo Billington Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health AT-Autism Prof Ryan GRRAND National Autistic Society TheAutisticAdvocate Andy McDonnell kindly share

Sadly, we have had to close applications for this service in less than 24 hours because we've had 7 times the number of applications that we have places. Grant funders, this is the level of unmet need. National and local government, this is the level of unmet need.

FF! Mary Busk Mark Sheldon Amy Chapman @gerSlt11 Giselle Cope Irene Tuffrey-Wijne Chris Walker Rightful Lives @annieterg11 Stacy Alicia Wood Baroness Hollins Andy McDonnell Anca Manea Xenia Horne Harpist 🎵🎶🎵 Fiona Holdsworth 💙 Journal AMHID Lisa Mcintyre jones CANDDID

Blustery morning for the train 🚂 to Manchester Airport ✈️ then to Brussels 😎👍

#Oliverscampaign It makes me proud to see The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability & Autism being rolled out across England Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Children punished for ‘autistic behavior’, restrained and had their pocket money stolen… one child thought they were going to die. What a state ‘care’ is in.

#Oliverscampaign I will be speaking at this important event in just TWO days' time. Anyone who is interested in the Oliver McGowan Mandatory training on learning disability and autism is welcome to join completely free of charge

I've signed Mencap's petition calling on Department of Health and Social Care to stop people with a learning disability and autistic people being detained in mental health hospitals when they could be living in the community with the right support. Will you sign too? secure.mencap.org.uk/WasteOfLives?r…

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… This approach can improve the poor experiences of autistic people accessing mental health care, something which is an urgent need given the disproportionately high incidence of mental health difficulties and suicidality.