'People think that we should buy something cheap, something that they would not have in their own home. So it is OK for you to live in a fancy house with furniture you like, but you don’t think twice about putting people with learning disabilities in a hostel-type setting?'

Shalim Ali, part of the Feeling At Home study team, wrote about the work and what drives his interest in it.

#disability #learningdisability #autism #residentialcare #supportedliving

https://www.cl-initiatives.co.uk/shalim-ali-like-everyone-else-we-want-a-homely-place-to-live/

I just saw this new show in London: photography by people with learning disabilities on what makes them feel 'at home'.

The words and pictures from the 19 photographers range from the joyful to the stark.

Like this submission that really got me - a shot of a crack in the wall. People expect others to live in places they'd hate to live.

The show's on till May 6, Science Gallery, King's College London.

#learningdisability #socialcare #grouphome #disability #residentialcare #supportedliving

Plans for Fazeley property to become supported living flats are approved

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2023/04/21/plans-for-fazeley-property-to-become-supported-living-flats-are-approved/

#Lichfield #Fazeley #News #Planning #Fazeley #planning #planningpermission #supportedliving

Just realised I didn't share this last wk.

More #CQCinadequate care.

Heathcotes Yorkshire Supported Living and Avalon Care Home https://www.georgejulian.co.uk/2022/11/23/heathcotes-yorkshire-supported-living-and-avalon-care-home/

One relative told us "[Family member's] life has become significantly smaller since living there, they can no longer do the things they used to enjoy doing and have lost a lot of skills."

#SocialCare #LearningDisability #Autism #SupportedLiving #Safeguarding #HumanRights