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Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.
Paper: 24.02.14
Responsible Reform
A 2012 report on the most relevant evidence available on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the proposals to…
Paper: 12.02.14
Counting the Cuts
This report was one of the first quantitative analyses providing an estimate of the cumulative impact of UK Government…
Paper: 03.02.14
Turning the Welfare State Upside Down?
Policy Paper 15 from the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre on developing a new adult…
Paper: 08.01.14
The Trouble With Person-Centred Planning
John O'Brien, one of the innovators who developed person-centred planning, reflects on the trouble that comes as…
Paper: 08.01.14
Basic Income Security
This paper by John Dalrymple and Simon Duffy sets out a proposal for the reform of the income security system in an…
Paper: 03.12.13
How Norms Become Targets
Kaliya Franklin analyses the way in which the use of norms in the management of disability assessment (WCA) undermines…
Paper: 18.11.13
Doctor knows best?
This policy paper from the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre examines the use of evidence…
Paper: 13.11.13
The Impact of Welfare Reforms
This report examines the impact of recent welfare reforms on mental health service users in the North East of England.
Paper: 13.11.13
Means Testing in ESA
Steve Griffiths explains how the introduction of more means testing in the ESA further damages the lives and families…
Paper: 13.11.13
Deprived of Incapacity Benefit
Steve Griffiths explains how the old system of incapacity benefit was already depriving people of their entitlements…
Paper: 12.11.13
Layers of Inequality
A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Women in…
Paper: 12.11.13
Networking for Social Change
David Towell and Heidy Araque reflect on the inclusion network (la red inclusiva) based in the North East Colombian…
Paper: 07.10.13
Institution Watch
This is a regular publication of Canada's national self-advocate association and main family organisation,…
Paper: 07.10.13
Start With The End In Mind
Karen Senior gives some sound advice on how people should go about spending their personal budget.
Paper: 02.10.13
Raising the Bar
A discussion paper on how to achieve the best outcomes for people with disability from the National Disability…
Paper: 01.10.13
Delivering Integrated Dementia Care: The 8 Pillars Model of Community Support
This report by Alzheimer Scotland sets out an integrated and comprehensive, evidence-based approach to supporting…
Paper: 01.10.13
Multi-Agency Working in Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children
This report shares learning from a project run by WomenCentre in Calderdale aiming to improve safeguarding children…
Paper: 30.09.13
Supporting Community Contribution and Self-Determination through Person-Centred Work
John O'Brien presented this paper at Finland's Valta virtaa conference held in June 2013.
Paper: 22.09.13
Driving Up Quality Code
The Driving Up Quality Code outlines good fundamental practices and behaviour that organisations that support…
Paper: 22.09.13
Driving Up Quality Code Self Assessment Guide
This self-assessment guide is to help organisations assess themselves against the Driving Up Quality Code.
Paper: 18.09.13
Education For A Better Tomorrow
In this important paper Heidy Araque and David Towell explore the relationship between the education system and the…
Paper: 10.09.13
A Personalised Approach to Safeguards in the NDIS
Marita Walker, Kate Fulton and Bruce Bonyhady offer an approach to safeguarding and quality that starts from the…
Paper: 10.09.13
Actions That Build Community
John O'Brien's paper explores 75 different actions from a list prepared by a group of academic researchers and civic…
Paper: 09.09.13
The Best Things In Life
This report describes the impact of Grapevine's work on people with learning disabilities and their families.
Paper: 01.08.13
The 8 Pillar Model of Community Support
A report by Lisa Monaghan on the implications of the 8 Pillar Model for supporting people with dementia in practice.
Paper: 01.08.13
Freedom Fighters
Clare Hyde describes the stories of five freedom fighters as they leave the institution behind them.
Paper: 30.07.13
Commissioning and Community Sourcing
Written by Chris Howells and Chris Yapp this publication shows commissioners how they can break free from damaging…
Paper: 30.07.13
Hospital - a guide to staying safe
Terry Lynch describes how you can stay safe in hospital - a guide relevant to all of us - but especially older and disabled…
Paper: 28.07.13
The Relational Basis of Empowerment
Exploring how fundamental human attitudes underpin society's approach to empowering disabled people.
Paper: 18.07.13
Whose Community Is It Anyway?
Written by Simon Duffy this paper suggests it's time to re-think commissioning and work with communities in a real…
Paper: 11.07.13
Returning Home
Simon Duffy outlines a promising innovation from Plymouth that aims to return people home from institutional care.
Paper: 04.06.13
Freedom
Written by Simon Duffy, this new practical guide gives advice on supporting people to be free.
Paper: 03.06.13
Investing in Ordinary Lives
Investing in Ordinary Lives is an initiative to increase the supply of housing for people with learning disabilities…
Paper: 03.05.13
Our Direction Is Our Destination
Veena Vasista asks how do we – the people - lead ourselves to become more connected with our power, our voice and…
Paper: 11.04.13
Building Community for the Great Transition
In this paper David Towell explores how we can begin to build communities which are sustainable and inclusive.
Paper: 05.04.13
Microenterprise and People with Learning Disabilities
Authors Tess Reddington and Jan Fitzsimons write about the work opportunities available for people with learning…
Paper: 05.04.13
Personalisation and Independent Living
Personalisation and Independent Living is part of the Solution Series of papers from the Independent Living in…
Paper: 02.04.13
21st Century Vision
A paper following the launch of the Housing and Support Alliance offering a new vision for the future.
Paper: 07.03.13
Getting Help if you have a Learning Difficulty
This is a guide to getting support in Sheffield if you have a learning difficulty.
Paper: 06.03.13
The Promise of An Ordinary Life
David Towell writes about An Ordinary Life the movement which drove reform for an earlier generation, and brings the…
Paper: 24.02.13
Travelling Hopefully
Simon Duffy describes international best practice in self-directed support and personal budgets.
Paper: 24.02.13
Designing NDIS
An international perspective on the design of systems of individualised funding for people with disabilities.
Paper: 21.02.13
Augmentative Alternative Communication and Leadership Research
This report outlines the power of alternative systems of communication and was written by Nadia Clarke following her…
Paper: 20.02.13
The Road to NDIS
This paper by Robbi Williams and Simon Duffy explores the English experience as a valuable source of information for…
Paper: 08.02.13
Towards an Ontology of Inclusion
Re-Writing the Law, Science and Ethics of Intellectual Disability by Michael Bach, Canadian Association for…
Paper: 23.01.13
The Politics of Assets Based Public Health
Dr Lynne Friedli argues that we must not forget the impact of poverty and injustice on health and well-being.
Paper: 22.01.13
Shared Management
Shared Management is an approach for organising practical support using the expertise of people, families and…
Paper: 21.01.13
Community Sourcing and Social Care
This new report by Chris Yapp and Chris Howells offers an alternative to privatisation and the hollowing out of local…
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