There is nothing special about learning disability
As an ex-head of a large joint health and social care learning disability partnership, with a budget of more than £50 million and a workforce of over 1,000, I used to take my life in my hands when I stood up and said: ‘There is nothing special about learning disability’. Who would get to me first? My own staff? The families who I knew had been let down time after time by the system that I represented? The consultant psychiatrist? Let’s be really clear. Families of people with learning disabilities have my utmost respect. The most hardworking committed, loving and…