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Films about disability: the keys to understanding

By Simon Heng Many big screen potrayals of disability have upbeat endings but one Italian film allows viewers to make up their own minds Depictions of disability in the media are so rare that when disabled people are shown in films or on television, you...

Published 22 Oct 2008 12:39 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Autism, disability, films, simon heng, The Keys to the House, The Station Agent

'I feel embarrassed when I pay my personal assistants'

Direct payment users treasure their relationships with their personal assistants, but can feel uncomfortable on pay day By Simon Heng One of the great things about being trained as a cognitive behavioural therapist is that I can now lead a guilt-free...

Published 2 Oct 2008 5:16 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, Carers, Direct payments, disability, Funding, PAs, personal assistants, Personalisation, Physical disabilities, simon heng, Workforce

Time for men to join the carer workforce

As more women enter the jobs market, the burden of care upon them can be reduced by helping more men become carers, write academics Hilary Land (far left) and Susan Himmelweit Most care is still provided by family members, usually women, which may seem...

Published 2 Oct 2008 4:47 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, Carers, Direct payments, disability, green paper, hilary land, himmelweit, JRF, rowntree foundation, Workforce

No champers for me: physical disability, inclusion and functions

By Simon Stevens Attending glitzy awards ceremonies is a pleasure but for disabled people it is difficult to feel truly included When people talk about independent living, it is assumed social inclusion is included; that if a disabled person works and...

Published 24 Sep 2008 1:35 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, awards, disability, function, media, Physical disabilities, physical disability, prizes, simon stevens, social inclusion

Mauling the guide dog: disability discrimination revisited

by Allan Norman I've written before about the dog in the night-time . The dog in the day-time is proving curious too. It features in a most surprising way in the judgement of the House of Lords in London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43...

Published 18 Sep 2008 2:46 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Allan Norman, disability, Disability Discrimination Act, legal, lewisham, Malcolm

Still waiting for that ride

by Simon Heng Disabled people rely disproportionately on public transport but access to buses, trains and taxis remains an area of disadvantage Read More...

Published 17 Sep 2008 6:59 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disabilities, disability, simon heng, travel

'I'm not your darling!'

Being addressed in a patronising manner is something disabled people have had to put up with for a long time, but no longer... By Simon Stevens As someone who has cerebral palsy, I am used to being patronised by people face-to-face and on the phone. But...

Published 9 Sep 2008 1:29 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, cerebral palsy, disability, Disability Discrimination Act, patronising, simon stevens

What is adult social care actually for?

by Simon Heng In the old days, adult social care was easy. People with a disability, or mental illness, or anyone over 65 who looked as if they weren't coping on their own, were rounded up into institutions where their physical needs could be met...

Published 29 Jul 2008 2:05 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, adult social care, day centres, disability, independent living, Learning Disabilities, local authorities, Mental Health, Physical disabilities, simon heng, wanless

Direct payments, personalisation... who now cares for whom?

By Steve Arthington Amid talk of choice and freedom, service users must remember they also gain more responsibility under personalised services Read More...

Published 22 Jul 2008 4:25 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Adult care, care workers, Carers, Direct payments, disability, ellis bates, individual budgets, legal, Personalisation, Physical disabilities, self directed support, service users, steve arthington, Workforce

The freak show is back

By Simon Stevens Did you see you the programme last week on the man with two heads? Or the woman with three livers? No? If you did it would be very odd as I made them up but I would not be surprised if such programmes were being produced. Read More.....

Published 1 Jul 2008 5:05 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: Britain's Got Talent, channel 5, disability, media, simon stevens, television, Tom Shakespeare

My problem with trade unions

by Simon Stevens One of the interesting things to come out of personalisation is that suddenly trade unions have pricked up their ears and want a piece of the action after failing to recognise personal assistants for the past few decades. Read More.....

Published 2 Jun 2008 1:23 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog

Filed under: disability, simon stevens, trade unions, Workforce

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