C.E. Jottings

A scandal being swept under the carpet: the different value of lives of people with learning disabilities

Rob Greig is the Chief Executive of the National Development Team for Inclusion. From 2001-2008, he was the Director of Learning Disabilities at the Department of Health. When he says "A learning disability scandal is being swept under the carpet", someone should listen. The Justice for LB campaign is widely, and rightly, viewed as one of the most successful examples of the mobilisation of public opinion to challenge service failure. For those not familiar with it, Connor Sparrowhawk, a young... Read more →

More things in heaven and hell than imagined in the philosophies of cerebral palsy researchers #CondEd

Yesterday, I rather half-heartedly welcomed a new initiative in cerebral palsy research. I did not elaborate on my disappointment other than to comment that I found the initiative had a “limited and out-of-date CP world view”. This is a post on a blog not an academic paper but I shall indicate the direction such an elaboration might take us. Coincidentally, I later yesterday read a blog post by Mark Gamsu which points in a quite different direction. More of that... Read more →

Cerebral palsy research continues to be dominated by all things medical

I suppose its the dominant discourse that we just have to live with, adapt to or carry on in spite of. Cerebral Palsy Research (CPRes) aims at nothing less than "Shaping the future of research into cerebral palsy". Hear what CPRes have to say of themselves: Cerebral Palsy Research (CPRes) is a multidisciplinary community, university and clinical research group which brings together people with cerebral palsy, their family and carers, clinicians, healthcare professionals and researchers. We work in partnership to... Read more →