Equality and Human Rights Commission takes first legal step over the 'inappropriate inpatient care' of more than 2,000 people

Extract from article by Paul Gallagher in the i newspaper on Wednesday, 12th February 2020:

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is facing legal action over the "repeated failure" t

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I fear in the UK we might be going in the reverse direction with some of our children and young people (Ed)

According to the Academic Network of European Disability Experts, institutional care continues to consume disproportionate levels of public expenditure, far outweighing that invested in commun

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‘The charity sector prides itself on being values driven. But are we doing all we can to embody the values of equality and justice?’

October is Black History Month. Here, Kimberly McIntosh, Senior Policy Officer for Runnymede Trust, the UK's leading independent race equality thinktank, asks h

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Denise Luscombe writes from Australia:

I thought TAC Bulletin readers might like to see this video.  It was from the ISEI Conference and I introduced a parent speaker at the Welcome Reception. Stacey was the parent and she talked about her journey in ECI (early childhood intervention).

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Dr Robin DiAngelo discusses how to better understand how we can engage and partner more effectively in cross-cultural dialogue, anti-racist action and change. 

Dr Robin DiAngelo’s area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis and she has a PhD in multicultural educati

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‘there can be a prevalent medical/institutional hangover that we need to become aware of and address’

Extracts from Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs:

“In the UK and some countries I know of, when a baby or young child has a multifaceted condition, the child, p

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‘Then there is hope, worry and guilt. These states of mind will surely be familiar to parents of all children and to practitioners and managers’

Extract from 'Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs':

“There are many negative mental states practitioners can suffer in

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"Some parents are particularly vulnerable to guilt because of the elevated level of care that is needed."

"Denial is common in both practitioners and family members."

Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs: A 21^st century guide for parents, students and new practiti

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