Paying for the banks' mistakes by declaring vulnerable disabled and ill people fit for work – but how many then die or kill themselves? (UK)

Editorial: This is a valid question because we all know it happens. The Mirror website on 24th June 2015 tells us that 1,300 ESA (Education and Support Allowance) claimants died within six weeks of being placed in work related activity between January and November 2011.

These figures come from DWP

Ask Tony Blair how many tens of thousands of children were killed, maimed or orphaned during our invasion of Iraq. And then tell the big knobs at Save the Children

Peter Limbrick writes: My Independent newspaper on 26/11/14 tells me in an article by Kunal Dutta that:

A glittering ceremony in New York last week saw Mr Blair take the prize for his leadership on international development issues during his time as Prime Minister, but the award has been fiercely op

Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence – an activity guide to download from USA

Executive function and self-regulation (EF/SR*) skills provide critical supports for learning and development, and while we aren't born with these skills, we are born with the potential to develop them through interactions and practice.

This 16-page guide (available for download, below), describes a

The trouble with person-centered planning – an essay by John O’Brien with great current significance in the UK

Peter Limbrick writes: I highly recommend this challenging article as I also recommend the network that sent it to me. The essay carries its own important message which I will not attempt to summarise here. But it did make me remember two people who made a lasting impression on me.

The first was a

Thoughts on being vulnerable after UK Election 2015

The Conservative Party forewarned us of cuts to the welfare budget of £12bn (12 billion pounds!) – but would not give us any details because they feared a public outcry. The cuts will be vicious and will take support away from people in need who will then have nowhere else to go for help. Some vulne

Experts and doctors warn: Pregnant women and children should not be exposed to wireless radiation. Research suggests risk of autism and ADHD/ADD-like behaviors

Dr. Olle Johansson, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm writes: The information campaign entitled The Babysafe Project is coordinated by The Grassroots Environmental Education and Environmental Health Trust, and is based on independent, scientific research which links exposure to wi

Eyeless in Gaza, cerebral palsied in Syria, autistic in Iraq - Editorial comment

Continuing conflict in the Middle East has created a conveyor belt carrying children relentlessly towards disease, despair, displacement, disability and death. Some of these children will already have a disability before any particular traumatising event visited on their family, neighbourhood or cit

Dismantling UK's Welfare State: the job is only half done. Will your charity, your support system survive?

The New Year news from the government is that, if re-elected in 2015, it will cut a further £25 billion from public spending – with £12 billion coming from welfare.

While we can rightly focus on this or that group of vulnerable people who will suffer or die as a result, the underlying story is that

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