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Section 1 Informal empowerment - friends, family and community: empowering and relationships, Michael Bayley; Families and empowerment, Marion Barnes; Community life and strategies of individual empowerment, Paul Ramcharan; Shouting the loudest - self advocacy, power and diversity, Jan Walmsley, Jackie Downer; Everything you ever wanted to know about Down's syndrome, but never bothered to ask, Anya Souza. Section 2 Formalising empowerment - the service sector: empowerment within services, Steve Dowson; Bridging the gap between consultation, participation and empowerment, Gordon Grant; User control and user outcomes within the service sector, Margaret Flynn et al; The general assumption of capacity (and expression that prove the rule), Gwyneth Roberts; Enforcing rights, Gywneth Roberts. Section 3 Empowerment at home and abroad - finding a way forward: State legislation and citizenship in Canada, Marcia Rioux, Michael bach; Linking research findings and government policy - the case of Australia, Judith Cockram et al; Conclusions - state, citizenship and rights - the contemporary scene in Britain and abroad, Paul Ramcharan et al.