C.E. Jottings

Right-To-Control Trailblazer press release in full

I must admit, I've come not to like any programme title with the word "Right" in it and "Right to Control" just sounds naff to me. If it's got to be "Right to", maybe "Right to Enjoy" would have been more positive? Anyway, here is the press release in full: NEWS RELEASE EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY 13 DECEMBER DISABLED PEOPLE GET RIGHT TO CONTROL SERVICES Today sees the start of a radical shake-up of the way disabled people use state funding,... Read more →

ILF shut down by 2015. Today 5 Right-to-Control Trailblazers started.

News today from the BBC: the Independent Living Fund which which supports more than 21,000 people with severe disabilities is to be shut down by 2015. The £359m Independent Living Fund pays out an average of £300 a week, to help people pay for carers so they can live at home and not in a care home. Further reading: 26 July 2010 Statement about the ILF - Minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller MP 13 Dec 2010 – Disabled people... Read more →

Thank you Hong Kong. Auf wiedersehen in München #WCCE

With just a couple of hours to go before Virgin Atlantic return me to the snow and ice of home, a moment to pause and say 'thank you' to our hosts at SAHK for a well-run Congress that opened eyes, inspired and unsettled in equal measures. I shall take home much to think about and report on. I hope someone will pass an especial thanks to all those wonderful people in the yellow shirts who smiled and smiled and eased... Read more →

World Congress live - well not quite. #WCCE

Just been up to my blog and am absolutely amazed to see how many visitor-places have been mapped in the past 24 hours - 317 - incredible. Does this show the demand for 'World Congress - Live!" news and pix? If so, I'm sorry that "Live from World Congress" is working out not even as well as the low expectation I had of my experiment. In case any one is interested in the experiment itself, though, this quick assessment: 1.... Read more →

Another pic from World Congress. Gill Maguire - Hon Conductor

New batteries failed on camera today, but here's a photo from day before of Gill Maguire collecting her Hon Conductor award plus a couple of CUs of award certificate. Well done, Gill! Norman? As the old school reports said "Could do better". Read more →

First pic from #WCCE Hong Kong #Cond Ed

By way of seeing if I can, here's a first pic from the 7th World Congress of Conductive Education from here in Hong Kong - Pre-Congress Workshop 2, Andrew Sutton's presentation "Researching Conductive Education: Past and Future" on Sunday 5 December. The full text of Andrew's presentation can be found as his blog post "What I intended to say". I experimented with tweeting direct from the Workshop, using hashtags #WCCE and #CondEd - until the MacBook Pro became too uncomfortable... Read more →

Reached Hong Kong after several small adventures and a fine flight

As just posted on 7th World Congress 'Pre-Congress Social Network": So I've left the snows of Sheffield behind - and my family too, sadly. What an enjoyable trip it would have been had my wife, Dru, been able to come. Cleared the drive of snow and got the car out ready on Thursday; dashed Friday morning to pick up, at the third attempt, some HK dollars; took Sarah to respite early as agreed, at 1100h, only to be told they... Read more →