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…
Was 1995 the year that changed everything for disabled people?
By Eleanor Lawrie
– BBC News It’s 25 years since mass protests helped pressure the government into making it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their disability. The rights of disabled people have changed significantly since then, but many…
UKDHM 2020 – Invitation to Online Launch
Sign up for the online launch of UKDHM 2020
UKDHM 2020 Broadsheet
In our 11th year we are focusing on Access and asking the questions ‘How far have we come? How far have we to go?’ UK Disability History Month runs from the online launch on the evening of 18th November to 18th December 2020.For disabled people access is now a fundamental human right, as is gaining participation on an equal level with others, regardless of our impairments. Disabled people have struggled for many years to change society’s lived physical and information environment.
UKDHM 2020 Presentation ‘Human Right or Optional After-thought’
Richard Rieser’s introductory presentation for UKDHM 2020
Crip Camp
Netflix documentary about disability rights activists in 1970s United States.