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Best Autism Conference Ever: The UK National Autistic Society’s Professional Conference 2014

March 5, 2014 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Shannon Des Roches Rosa www.squidalicious.com I had no idea autism acceptance and understanding in the UK were so much more culturally ingrained than in the US. Granted, there is still much work to do, and government cutbacks in housing for people with disabilities continue, etc. But the disconnect was shocking. And, I was told, much […]

Turning Lives Around Through Supported Living

May 4, 2012 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Diane Lightfoot www.unitedresponse.org.uk/what-we-do/how-we-work/supported-living United Response was set up in 1973 to provide a service based on supported living principles to a handful of adults with learning disabilities in a house in West Sussex. At the time, most such adults usually found themselves placed in institutions, isolated from the rest of society, with few rights and