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Feature of the month – Barriers to housing
What are the barriers people with a learning disability face when choosing somewhere to live?
Have your say – The future of social care
With a new coalition government in power, which way now for a social care system in financial crisis?
Have your say – Accessible elections
The 2010 general election will take place in a matter of months. And it has never been more important for people with a learning disability to use their vote.
Have your say – Review of the decade
As we enter the 2010s, Viewpoint looks back over the past decade's highs and lows for people with a learning disability.
Have your say – Carers with a learning disability
The number of people with a learning disability who care for parents, partners and children is rising. But are they receiving more recognition and support?
Have your say – Fashion photoshoot
Creative director Gary Harvey has teamed up with Viewpoint to create a stunning set of images of people with a learning disability. What do you think about the images and the attitude of the fashion industry?
Have your say – Employment
Can the government's employment strategy really help more people with a learning disability find work?
Have your say – Sex and relationships
Lucy Baxter's frank comments about her son's sex life have generated wider debate about sex and relationships for people with a learning disability.
Have your say – The health ombudsman report
This March the health ombudsman published her final report on the deaths of six people who died in NHS care. For the families it was a chance for justice, but has it given them the answers they wanted?
Have your say – Valuing People Now
The long-awaited Valuing People Now delivery plan is finally with us. While the plans have been widely welcomed, can they make a real difference for people with a learning disability?
Have your say – Personalisation
In recent years the government has increasingly championed the personalisation of social care services. While the vision is sound, is personalisation working in practice?
Have your say – Comedy
While modern comedy faces a crackdown on jokes targeting race, religion and sexuality, is learning disability the last acceptable punchline?
Have your say – Councils responsible for third party abuse?
Hounslow council has been ordered to pay compensation to a couple who both have a learning disability and were abused by their neighbours. Should local authorities be responsible for protecting vulnerable adults from 'third parties'?
Have your say – Partnership Boards
When plans for Partnership Boards were first announced seven years ago, expectations were high that at last local people would play a role in improving services at local level. But what effective role, if any, are partnership boards fulfilling?
Have your say – Hate crime
Recent murders have highlighted the issue of hate crime against people with a learning disability. Why is disability hate crime not treated as seriously as homophobic, religious or racially motivated crimes?
Have your say – Parents with a learning disability
More and more people with a learning disability are choosing to become parents yet between 40-60% of them will at some stage have their children taken away from them.
Have your say – Faith and learning disability
With statutory services and large charities being accused of failing people with a learning disability people will often turn to their own communities and faiths for support.
Have your say – Katie Thorpe
Alison Thorpe wants doctors to perform a hysterectomy on her 15-year-old daughter, who has severe learning disabilities. Campaigners say this breaches her human rights.
Have your say – Housing
Despite inclusion and choice being the buzzwords of the post-Valuing People age, most people with a learning disabilty still do not get a say about their housing options.
