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Jim Mansell who died on 13 March 2012 was my friend for almost forty years. He was an able and committed reformer, policy analyst and academic. The learning disability community in the UK and overseas has lost a true champion. I first got to know Jim while he was still a student at Cardiff University, at that time completing his Masters degree on the development of learning disability policy up to the 1971 White Paper, Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped . He had already had an impact on learning disability services locally, becoming Chair of Cardiff University Social Services (CUSS) and dedicating that organization to learning disability issues. He became involved in Ely Hospital, which was located in Cardiff and had been the focus of an official enquiry into allegations of mistreatment and abuse in the previous decade. As a member of Cardiff Community Health Council, he enjoyed making unannounced visits there at any time of the day or night. He spoke up for those unable to do so for themselves and was always courageous enough to take on authority. In 1974, he set up the CUSS group home in premises rented from Cardiff University, where 4
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley
Published: Sep 1, 2012
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