by Jedda | 13 Jan 2018 | Abuse, Disability
13 JANUARY, 2018 Language is important. It is a major way of communicating both knowledge and feelings. When used inappropriately however, it can communicate much more and can cement the disadvantage and “otherness” of people that are “unlike us”. Over the last few...
by Jedda | 29 Sep 2017 | Abuse, Disability, Supported Accommodation
29 SEPTEMBER, 2017 When I made the gut-wrenching decision to move my son into shared supported accommodation, I knew nothing about the reality of the conditions of living there. This page details some of what living in a group home actually means … No say in...
by Jedda | 12 Jul 2017 | Abuse, Disability
12 JULY, 2017 In the mad scramble to ensure the human rights of people with disability are not abused, a question is being raised about whether the cohort of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is being forgotten. My son Christopher is a...
