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Browsing Archive: July, 2011

Education, disability and social policy

Posted by Neil Crowther on Monday, July 18, 2011, In : Education and disability 
Congratulations to Steve Haines and David Ruebain for editing an excellent compendium of essays regarding the future of education and disability.  I was really pleased to be asked to contribute a chapter to the book which explored how taking a 'capabilities approach' might move the agenda of disabled children's education along from the sterile 'special v mainstream' debate it so often gets stuck in.  I called it from SEN to Sen - geddit??

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Why the Human Rights Act isn't there to be loved

Posted by Neil Crowther on Thursday, July 7, 2011, In : Defending the Human Rights Act 
One of the final activities I was involved in before leaving the Equality and Human Rights Commission was the release of interim findings from the Commission's Inquiry into the human rights of older people receiving care in their own homes.  These deeply worrying findings received huge media coverage.  In doing so they also appeared to achieve something many human rights advocates had long sought - a popular media story which enjoyed universal support for the importance of human rights includ...
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