Tony Osgood Lecturer in ID

Every Generation Must Fight the Same Battles Again & Again

Remembering All The Variables? Why Subjective Should Be The New Objective

Accompanying Article*

* with several footnotes

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“alabelofIDissometimesapassporttopoorerlivingconditions”(EuropeanIntellectualDisabilityResearchNetwork,2003,p.3)

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“Thereseemedtobeuniversalrequirementsforgoalstobemeasurableandfordatato

documentprogress.Asaresultmanypeoplewhocreatedtheplanslearnedhowtowrite

goalsthatweremeasurablebutnotmeaningful.Valuegoalssuchas‘onecommunityouting

weeklyofhischoosing’weremetbyactivitieslikegoingthroughthedrive-throughwindowat

afast-foodrestaurant.””(p.383)Smull,M.,Lakin,K.C.,(2002)PublicPolicy&Person-CentredPlanning.InS.Holburn&P.VietzePerson

CentredPlanning:research,practiceandfuturedirections,p.379-413,Baltimore:Brookes

RecordsasArtefacts

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DecidingWhatCountsSomepeople’swaysofcommunicatingleavethe

importantpeopleintheirlivesunabletoheartheirviewsaboutalifethatwouldmakesense.Theseotherpeoplehavelittlechoicebuttocreateastorywitha

valuedandcentralrolefortheperson,whosepreferencesremainambiguous.Then,thesepeople

makeadjustmentsbasedontheperson’sresponsestotherealsettingsandexperiencesthatresulted

(O’Brien,2002,p.412)

O’Brien,J.,(2002)TheEthicsofPersonCentredPlanning.InS.Holburn&P.VietzePersonCentredPlanning:research,practiceandfuturedirections,p.399-414,Baltimore:Brookes

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Theplaceofpeoplewithintellectualdisabilityneedstoberecast.Theirrightfulplaceisnotasmererecipientsofpolicyandpractice,butasdeterminantsandrecipients.Theirauthorityinrecognisingandreportingabuseandneglectintheirlivesneedstobeaccordedtherespectitdeserves.

RobinsonandChenoweth,2011,p.71

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• Betterservicecommissioning• engagingwithmanagerialism• upstreamsolutions

• Practiceleadership• showing,growing

• Servicedesignexpertise• functionalassessmentofego-cologies

• DataandStory• numbersandfaces

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