SPECTRUM (previously Southampton Centre for Independent Living) recently hosted an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the origins of the Independent Living movement in Britain. Someone once said “If you don’t know your history, you’re like a leaf that doesn’t know it’s part of a tree”. As local authorities implement ‘personalisation’ in adult social care in the context of unprecedented cuts, it’s vital that we keep hold of the lessons learnt from past struggles by disabled people to live ‘ordinary lives’.
I've written a blogpost which celebrates the achievements of one of the pioneers of independent living, John Evans, while identifying some of the current problems we face because we still do not have a legal right to independent living.
http://jennymorrisnet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/if-you-dont-know-your-history-youre.html
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