Category Archives: Carers
Government should care for carers
Sarah Lambert, Head of Policy at The National Autistic Society (NAS) and co-writer of the 50th birthday report: ‘The Way We Are: Autism in 2012’.
Published Wednesday, July 4, 2012 – 10:25
To mark our 50th birthday, The National Autistic Society commissioned the largest ever survey into autism, in order to show what life is like in the UK for people affected by the condition. Covering the wide range of autism experiences from diagnosis and employment to school and independent living, the survey informed a major new report from the charity, ‘The Way We Are: Autism in 2012’.
Man bids for motor neurone disease awareness
“MND is a rapidly progressing disease which destroys the lives of the patients as well as the whole family.
By Angela Brooks
July 03, 2012
A TERMINALLY ill man is fighting back and campaigning to raise awareness of his condition, starting with his home town of Horley.
Liam Dwyer, 48, of Balcombe Road, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2005 after going to see a doctor about minor pain in his knee.
Now unable to walk, he is on a mission to raise the profile of a disease which kills five people every day in the UK.
Mr Dwyer, who has been with his wife Anna for 25 years and has an 18-year-old son, said: “I feel I am on borrowed time at the moment. Nine people [who] I have met since I was diagnosed, all diagnosed after me, have died.
“The doctors can’t tell me how long I will live now. I could be just a cold away from dying.”
A minister for older people would be a victory for all generations
Intergenerational squabbling over housing is missing the point, all generations should welcome the Commons’ decision
With the media drawing battle lines between young and old, last week’s vote in the Commons urging the government to consider appointing a minister for older people could be seen as a victory for the greys.
The debate, prompted by a 137,000-strong petition presented to Number 10 in November, follows increasingly frenzied reporting about which generation is faring the worst in the economic crisis. But, as attendees at a Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) consultation on housing policies for all generations heard, such intergenerational squabbling is missing the point.
The consultation, a result of a partnership between St George’s House and the JRF, brought together senior figures to consider what a fair housing deal across the generations would look like.
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