Micheline Mason died of a stroke on Saturday 7th September 2024. Micheline was 74, a major leader in the Disability Movement and a brilliant thinker, taking our Movement forward, especially the struggle for Inclusive Education, in a series of quantum…
Stories of disabled people in the Criminal Justice System in Ripon in the Victorian era
I thought you were going to look over that job’: stories of disabled people in the Criminal Justice System in Ripon in the Victorian era. An exhibition co-created by a group of people with lived experience of disability at Ripon…
History of UK Legislation for Schools in England
An animated story of how schooling has evolved over time for disabled children and those identified as having “special educational needs”.
Disability News Service coverage of UKDHM
Read John Pring’s report from the launch of UKDHM 2023 Full article here.
UKDHM Coverage on ITV News
This ITV News report discusses why many schools are still not celebrating Disability History Month and what can be done.
NSC Beyond Boundaries Essay Competition
Disability Rights UK Celebrating UKDHM
Disability History Month is taking place from November 16th to December 16th so at Disability Rights UK, we wanted to take this opportunity to look back on some of our favourite parts of Disability history from across our movement. Below,…
Special Needs Jungle article on UKDHM
Read the article at the link below: https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/disability-history-month-2023-focusing-disability-childhood-youth-inclusion-backwards/
Old School Ties
BBC television programme from 1995 in which disabled people give accounts of their experience at school.
The ‘How Was School?’ project
ALLFIE’s ‘How Was School?’ project looks at Disabled People’s experiences of education over the last 100 years through the telling and recording of personal memories and histories of school.