Science journalist Angela Saini and disability rights activist Adam Pearson, reveal that eugenics – the controversial idea that was a driving force behind the Nazi death camps – originated in the upper echelons of the British scientific community. The presenters…
Raza Griffiths
UKDHM Launch contributor provides a selection of resources focusing on mental health.
DIY Theatre Company – FOLLOWING PATIENT 36
To Celebrate UK Disability History Month this year, DIY has launched a FOLLOWING PATIENT 36 Digital Story and some resources to support schools and others to explore Learning Disability History.
Was 1995 the year that changed everything for disabled people?
ARTICLE – BBC News on the protests that led to the DDA
UK Parliament – Disability History Month illustrated book
BOOK – Among those organisations marking UKDHM is the UK parliament, which has published a downloadable book that is suitable for teachers, home educators and parents to share with children aged seven to 11.
Launch Breaking Mold – 8th December 2020
Hear author and CBEEBIES presenter Cerrie Burnell talk about her own school experiences as a disabled student and her writing for disability inclusion.
BBC marks 25th Anniversary of DDA with a series of dramas, documentaries, news packages and discussions
SOURCE: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/bbc-set-for-month-long-season-to-mark-25th-anniversary-of-disability-discrimination-act/ The BBC is to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) next month with a series of dramas, documentaries, news packages and discussions. Among the month-long season will be a series of six…
A blind musician touches the music
FILM – Wu Jing, a blind Chinese musician, dreams of playing in one of the
first international symphony orchestras.
first international symphony orchestras.
CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION
online Q&A event with filmmakers
UKDHM 2020 Press Release
PRESS RELEASE LAUNCH UK DISABILITY HISTORY MONTH 2020 WEDNESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 7-9pm ONLINE. Theme of 11th Year of UK Disability History Month is ACCESS: HOW FAR HAVE WE COME ? HOW FAR DO WE HAVE TO GO? 25 years after…