Wish you were here?

For people with learning disabilities, being able to choose where to go on holiday and what to do there – and being supported to do that – is fundamentally important, says Ian Callen. If you look at a selection of holiday brochures, you will find a range of different images; from gently plodding along Weston-Super-Mare beach on a donkey, to enjoying a rowdy cabaret at a Skegness Butlins. From lapping up the golden sun on a warm, Mediterranean azure coastline to travelling across America on a Greyhound bus or exploring the African savannahs on deepest safari or trekking the ancient