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A very interesting and important post, but we should also be mindful of Tom Shakespeare’s concern expressed in 'Disability Rights and Wrings (2nd Edition, 2014) London: Routledge that ‘Community Care has meant that most disabled people are living in the community just as the concept of community has been eroded’ (p. 195) and that 'people with learning disabilities may be ‘present in the community but not participating in it’ (Shakespeare p. 193)
Andrew Colley
Senior Lecturer in Special Education,
University of East London, Cass School of Education and Communities
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