Death and disability
The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR) in 2015 studied the mortality rates for people with learning disabilities (LD). Although…
Dame Stephanie Shirley
Autism in sharp focus
Autism brings into sharp focus what it is to be human. I’d summarise autism as being a different way of…
Paintings in Hospitals
This is not going to discuss Art Therapy – the medicine of the creative process in art – one of…
My experience of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
I hate to be bored. And always want to do new things and make new things happen. So I’ve always…
Brain banks pay dividends for autism research
We know that autism is brain related and researchers know the importance of access to post mortem brains. My charitable…
Shining a light on philanthropy in medicine
Worldwide, people are amazingly generous. Money flows in whenever there’s a disaster yet donors tend to support medical research only…