Monthly visits to the podiatrist leave Clenton Farquharson, TLAP Co-chair, feeling frustrated and angry. Images of Michael Douglas in the film Falling Down regularly cross his mind. He describes the difference a personalised service would make and how the Making it Real ‘I’ statements are a route to achieving the same rights that people without disabilities often take for granted.
Supporting people to live the lives they choose
A recent headline caught my attention in The Telegraph, ‘The NHS denied me funding so I was put in a care home – aged 43’. In the article, Alex Barthes says that he was denied Continuing Healthcare funding after a video assessment found that he didn’t meet the...
