The dangers of mobile phone and wi-fi radiation. If the radiation were orange we would all see it as dangerous pollution.

Here is news of research from Sweden and public health concern in India.

Sweden:

In a newly-released study conducted at the Örebro Hospita in Sweden, it was revealed that 10 years of cellphone use resulted in an average 290% increased risk of brain tumor development. Interestingly, the tumor develo

The 'Big Society', secular horizontality and, of course, Team Around the Child

'I am merely advocating that we gently and determinedly hijack the coalition's Big Society in order to shift the balance towards horizontality as far as we can.'

Editorial comment: I have not read in detail about the UK coalition government's Big Society, but I get the general idea of reducing the

Early childhood intervention is stubbornly stuck in the age of black and white television

'My baby is in pieces all around the city. It feels like she does not belong to me anymore'

(Editorial for TAC Bulletin for June 2011)

I may not have got the words exactly as they were spoken, but this appeal came to me when I was a keyworker with One Hundred Hours during the 1990s.[1] I want

Independence is never a valid or achievable goal

Dependence is a fact of life which should be acknowledged, embraced and nurtured in our own lives and in the lives of people we are caring for or who care for us

Peter Limbrick writes -

The word 'independence' crops up very frequently in discussions about children and adults who have a disability an

Useless and harmful therapy in the horizontal landscape

Beware the therapist whose certificate comes from a summer school, who has a one-size-fits-all programme, and who wants to work in splendid isolation!

Editorial: The horizontal landscape is the place where multiagency and multidisciplinary practitioners meet each other and the service user (o

Lost in the disabled infant therapy circus?

Editorial comment (2011)

The coalition government wants to move provision of services away from the statutory sector and towards the voluntary and community sector. This piece in the Big Society jigsaw will inevitably, in my view, open up a market in the early-childhood-intervention world for ever m

Keyworking and multi-agency service co-ordination: Training and resources are essential

Keyworkers need co-ordination as much as disabled children and families do. They cannot create it on their own – especially while performing the rest of their duties in their main role

Peter Limbrick writes:

In the hope that there can be a national debate about these important resource issues before

Impossible choices for new parents of disabled children?

Editorial for TAC Bulletin, May 2011

The coalition government is undoubtedly formulating strategies to give parents more power in selecting and securing support for their children.

What the plans are will emerge over the next few months and we should have a good sense of the new direction by the au

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