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July 2009
Social care green paper: reaction in quotes
July 2009
The government has set out its blueprint for reforming care for older and disabled people. Key figures in the social care sector give their response.
societyguardian.co.uk, The Guardian, Wednesday July 15th 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/14/social-care-green-paper-reaction
Who says Asperger's sufferers are unemployable?
July 2009
Brian Rafferty has Asperger's syndrome, but it doesn't stop him running a bookshop. By Judith Woods.
Judith Woods, The Telegraph, Monday July 13th 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/5795952/Who-says-Aspergers-sufferers-are-unemployable.html
Gary McKinnon case 'has cost taxpayer £1m'
July 2009
The legal battle to stop Gary McKinnon being extradited to America to face trial for computer hacking has been branded a waste of taxpayers’ money by a former US diplomat who worked on the case.
Gillian Harris and Stuart McDonald, The Sunday Times, Sunday July 12th 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6689856.ece
Teenager with learning difficulties is victim of police inadequacy
July 2009
Litigation is not the only way to persuade public services to handle entrenched discrimination against people with disabilities.
Afua Hirsch, The Guardian, Thursday 2nd July 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrightsandwrongs/teenager-learning-difficulties-victim
