Part 1 Changing policies: advocates and advocacy, Peter Mittler; expanding opportunities 1968-1994, John Garrett; lobbying Parliament 1970-1995, Lewis Carter-Jones; exodus - bringing children out of hospital, Peggy Jay; the work of the Warnock Committee, Mary Warnock; educational legislation 1988-1994, Klaus Wedell; the voice of parents - developing new approaches to family support and community development, Philippa Russell; the fight for self-advocacy, Andrea Whittaker; disability and the European Community - sources of initiative, Patrick Daunt. Part 2 Changing practice: changing classroom practice, Jean Garnett; changing residential services - from institutions to ordinary living, David Felce; changing day services - Gus Gray; the NDT - continuity and change, Derek Thomas; alternative communities, Charles Getliffe. Part 3 Changing attitudes: seen through a glass darkly - modifying public attitudes, Roy McConkey; think positive! - advice on presenting with a mental handicap, Ann Shearer; Stanley Segal - advocacy in action, Valerie Sinason.