Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023. Judy was at the forefront of major disability rights demonstrations, helped spearhead the passage of disability rights…
Changing Thinking: Changing Outcomes
‘The Nothing About Us Without Us exhibition is a triumph of bringing together the often overlooked and ignored struggles of disabled people to the wider public. Shaped around key ideas of the UK Disabled People’s Movement, which over the last 60 years,…
Life Unseen: Why the History of Blindness Matters – Selina Mills
https://youtu.be/DtTdjh8hvOU York Disability Week Lecture Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we, the sighted world, have demonised and sentimentalised over the…
Undoing Ableism
Undoing Ableism is a sourcebook for teaching about disability and anti-ableism in K–12 classrooms. Conceptually grounded in disability studies, critical pedagogy, and social justice education, this book provides both a rationale as well as strategies for broad-based inquiries that allow…
Health and well being presentation for Unite
Talk by Richard Rieser, Coordinator UK Disability History Month to Unite London and SE Region Conference on 3rd December 2022 We started looking at the Health and Well Being of Disabled People as this year’s theme and the impact Covid…
Disability & Birmingham: A History
Article by Philippa Webley-EvansLibrary Services Assistant at The Library of Birmingham. Content Warning: This text contains derogatory language that was used at the time to describe/explain Disability to maintain historical accuracy. I have used the term Disabled people rather than…
Wheelchairs Through Time – A visual history of the wheelchair
This is a visual history of the wheelchair from 550AD to the modern era.
NHS Emplyers resources
We support Disability History Month 2022 as part of our ongoing work with NHS England to embed the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), and ensure our workplaces are open, inclusive and a place where everyone feels like they belong. https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/disability-history-month-2022 A series…
Resources from Kingston University
Fighting for our Rights Kingston’s Role in the Disability Rights Movement 1960s to 1990s About this project In 2017, Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL) collaborated with disabled people and those working with the disability community to collect stories regarding…
Nadia Clarke’s cut in Support for Independent Living in 2021
Read Nadia Clarke’s reaction to when she heard her local council were requiring her to contribute to her care package, and then think of ways to help with her situation.