Law addressed services, assessment, consultation and representation.
The Disabled Persons Act 1986 addressed coordination, services and representation for disabled people.
It reflected growing recognition that disabled people needed involvement and better service planning, not just passive receipt of care.
A service is not person-centred if the person has no real voice in it.
A common mistake is treating consultation as meaningful just because it happened.
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.