A landmark law on welfare provision for disabled people.
The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 made further provision for the welfare of chronically sick and disabled people.
It is often treated as a landmark because it put duties and services for disabled people more clearly into law.
This matters because it moved support away from pure charity and towards legal responsibility.
A common mistake is thinking service duties automatically mean services are easy to access.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.