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Dr Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell DBE is a member of the Disability Rights Commission and is chairwoman of the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
She was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a so-called "terminal" condition. She cannot lift her head from the pillow unaided and needs a ventilator to help her breathe at night. She uses a powered wheelchair and has a computer on which she types with one finger. She has a high-powered and fulfilling job as the head of a major national organisation.
She was made a life peer (Crossbencher) February 2007.