Reconnecting Hearts and Minds A Paradigm day of conversation about ensuring good support with and for people with learning disabilities.
In an important way, the value of public investment in social care comes down to the capacity to bring respectful, trustworthy people into the lives of people with learning difficulties and their families. People who are able and willing to learn how to connect with and come to understand a person and join that person to discover and make the best of opportunities for a meaningful community life. Our concern is that current trends threaten to split the work of offering assistance from its sources of meaning and effectiveness: the working together of minds, hearts, and hands in support of a satisfying community life…read the full paper Reconnecting-hearts-minds