In the October 2008 issue:

COVER STORY

Land of hope: Care farms are opening up opportunities

COMMENT

Punk rockers Heavy Load sum up what it means to empower people

NEWS UPDATE

New learning disability tsar will make the most excluded her priority

NEWS FOCUS

The Bournewood Gap carers lambast the serious case review into HL's care

TAKE 3

Three people with learning disabilities give their views on direct payments

WATCHING BRIEF

Dr Ray Jones warns that our risk-averse culture could scupper personalisation

LETTERS AND WEB WATCH

Is it time to scrap the term "learning difficulty"?

Out in the cold: Are people getting Fair Access to Care?

Ask an expert: My clients want to marry - what do I do?

That was then and this is now: Scottish charity Quarriers and its journey to inclusion

REVIEWS

The project: Assessing parents with learning disabilities

From a service to a life: Joe Powell says PCPs are not always all they are cracked up to be

RESEARCH UNPACKED 

A study says people need more preparation for loss when a parent dies

Supported living versus residential care - which really offers a better life?

The last word BBC disability correspondent Peter White on his thoughts post-Beijing

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