Monday, 13 September 2021

Winterbourne View and Cawston Park: Are Failures and Deaths at Private Hospitals for Adults with Learning Disabilities the Tip of the Iceberg?

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My blood ran cold when I heard about the vulnerable patients’ deaths at Cawston Park. The Challenging Behaviour Foundation emailed me and ...
Saturday, 29 August 2020

Update

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Hi, welcome to my blog. I started this blog when I was a freelance journalist (It was called 'Sharing Stories' and I wrote as ...
Sunday, 18 June 2017

3 Years On

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Thought it was time for an update..... Chrissy has now been living in her own home for over 3 years. Her life is as about good as it can g...
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

My Research Study: Autoethnography of Parenting a Daughter whose Complex Disability was Diagnosed in her Adulthood

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I completed an MSc, The Applied Psychology of Intellectual Disabilities, at Portsmouth University last year. My dissertation is an autoethno...
Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Moving Chrissy into Suitable Housing: How we Overcame the Barriers

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Our update on overcoming the barriers we faced in finding suitable housing for Chrissy when she was discharged from the assessment & tre...

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A follow-up to my post about the barriers we faced in moving Chrissy out of an assessment & treatment unit into the community. The Se...
Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Update on Winterbourne View Out of Sight Campaign

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Last week I went to Westminster with other families whose loved ones with learning disabilities & challenging behaviour have been suppor...