support with the ‘Lightest Touch’

“Most adults don’t have someone making their decisions for them, why should I be any different just because I have a disability? Because I have a label attached to me?”

This is Dylan. He finished school last year and, just like many other young men, had always dreamed of moving out of home and into a flat.

“I refuse to let my disability stop me. The day I do - I’ll be dead.” …Intelligent and inspiring, but to the point, that’s how my interview with Peter McTavish started, and was the flavour of how it was to continue.

Riding along on a bike, with the wind in your hair, has got to be one of the most freeing sensations that we can experience. However, for Allan - who as well as being both severely intellectually disabled and autistic…