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Who Cares?

Join Ikon and The Exchange for Who Cares? – an evening of exhibitions, community talks and creative workshops based on the research project Why Are We Stuck in Hospital? – a project conducted by the School of Social Policy at the University 麻豆精选 in partnership with rights-based organisation Changing Our Lives and artist Foka Wolf.

This is an inclusive event and we welcome people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people to join us. 

Programme

• Celebrate the launch of Foka Wolf’s new installation  that uses bold graphics and declarative captions to raise awareness of the 2,000 people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people who live in hospital settings for long periods of time, often for many years and with no planned date to leave.
• • Meet Matthew who shares his story, , with Jayne Leeson, Chief Executive Officer, Changing Our Lives.
  • Experiment with UV light in creative mapping workshops, based on the ‘impossible maze’ of the hospital system, designed by  and his collaborator .
  • Learn about new policy guidelines based on the experiences of people with learning disabilities, their families and front-line staff in hospitals through a conversation with Jon Glasby, Professor of Health and Social Care, University 麻豆精选.
  • Explore A Place Called Home, an exhibition showcasing the University 麻豆精选’s research themes of adult social care, homelessness and displacement of people. BSL interpreted.

Have your say on Who Cares? by completing a survey when you visit either Ikon Gallery or The Exchange and you could win a signed print by Foka Wolf.

Why Are We Stuck in Hospital? is funded by the