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- The Observer
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nity. A person would be assumed to
want to live in the community unless
he or she indicated otherwise.
The crossbench peer Baroness
Campbell of Surbiton welcomed
the intervention. “We can no longer
turn our heads away when we wit-
ness some of the horrendous conse-
quences of what happens to disabled
people and their families when they
are denied such basic human rights
to live with dignity, choice and con-
trol over their lives. A right the rest of
society takes for granted.”
In May the BBC’s Panorama showed
abuse and mistreatment of vulner-
able adults at Whorlton Hall , a spe-
cialist hospital in Co Durham. Similar
concerns were raised about another
institution, Winterbourne View , eight
years ago. “It is clear that existing leg-
islation is failing to protect the rights
of all disabled people to live, and
reach their full potential, in the com-
munity,” said Sue Bott , deputy chief
executive at Disability Rights UK.
More than 2,000 people with learn-
ing disabilities or autism are being
kept in secure hospitals – some have
been there for decades – even though
the government pledged to cut the
number of people in specialist units
to zero by 2014, according to a report
from the all- party parliamentary
group (APPG) on complex needs.
“It’s been eight years since
Winterbourne View,” said the APPG’s
co-chair, Lord Adebowale. “Yet people
with learning disabilities and those
who are autistic in secure hospitals
are being denied their human rights
and are effectively trapped. A per-
son’s relationship with their family
and their community is essential to
having a decent quality of life.”‘Give older people
legal right to live in
their own homes’
Equalities watchdog
demands changes after
care home abusesJamie DowardWhere Juliet treads
All calendars mark the passing
of time, but those produced by
the Italian tyremaker Pirelli, once
noted for their soft-porn shots of
nude women, have chronicled our
changing tastes more than most.
Behind-the-scenes images
from the 2020 calendar show
photographer Paolo Roversi putting
Shakespeare and his heroine Juliet
centre stage, featuring acclaimed
actresses Emma Watson (pictured
left) , Claire Foy (pictured right, with
Roversi) and Kristen Stewart.
Roversi shot the calendar, entitled
Looking for Juliet , in Paris and
Verona, asking each star to present
a diff erent side of Romeo’s lover. “It’s
lovely to have the narrative behind
the still image. I think that makes it
a richer image,” said Watson in the
launch video. Th e British actress Mia
Goth was photographed, together
with the Chinese singer Chris Lee,
the American actresses Indya Moore
and Yara Shahidi , the Spanish singerRosalía and the artist – and Roversi’s
daughter – Stella Roversi.
Foy said: “He’s looking for a
35-year-old Juliet. Th e idea is
that it’s Paolo’s new modern
interpretation of her.”
Th e Pirelli calendar began as
an unpublished mock-up in 1963,
becoming an annual publication the
next year. Created by the British art
director Derek Forsyth, it was known
for its limited availability. In 1993 the
company decided to reinvent the
calendar as a high-end art project
and in the mid-1990s one campaign
featured an image of US sprinter Carl
Lewis wearing red stilettos.Photographs by Alessandro Scotti/PAVanessa Thorpe
Arts and Media CorrespondentOXFORDSHIRE
Fatal electric
skateboard crash
LONDON
Protesters clash
over Robinson
A 38-year-old man has died
following an accident while
using an electric skateboard.
Bradley Visser was taken to
hospital after he was seri-
ously injured near his home
in the village of Stoke Row,
Oxfordshire, on 17 July. He
died 10 days later, Thames
Valley police said.
His death was the sec-
ond recent fatal collision
involving a “p ersonal pow-
ered transporter” in the
UK, despite such vehicles
being illegal on public roads.
Mattha BusbySupporters of Tommy
Robinson were kept apart
from a counter-demon-
stration by a large police
presence in central London
yesterday. Protesters
marched down Regent Street
calling for the release of
the former English Defence
League leader carrying
England fl ags, umbrellas
with Robinson’s name on
them, and chanting “we want
Tommy out”. The 36-year-
old Robinson, real name
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was
jailed for nine months in July
for contempt of court. PANews
in brief
The UK’s equality watchdog has
demanded that disabled and older
people should have the legal right to
homes in the community rather than
being forced to live in institutions.
The Equality and Human Rights
Commission (EHRC) sa ys concerns
about social care and a shortage of
suitable homes means a new law is
urgently needed. “We need a rethink
on how we treat disabled people,
including people with mental health
conditions, and older people in this
country,” said David Isaac , chair of the
EHRC. “We hope our call for action
will result in a wider conversation.
This goes right to the very essence
of the sort of country we want to be- where everyone has the support
needed to live their daily life.”
Isaac said the rights of disabled and
older people were at risk. “Disabled
people often feel like second-class
citizens, and many are sadly faced
with little choice but to move into
institutions. They are often left feel-
ing ostracised. We need to ensure that
everyone can live as part of their com-
munity, where no one is forced out of
the place they call home.”
The watchdog says all rele vant
public bodies should comply with
article 19 of the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities ,
which protects the right to live inde-
pendently and as part of the commu-
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