Penny Pepper
Disability Activist, Writer, Poet, Speaker, Musician
Interview conducted for UKDHM 2021
Disability Activist, Writer, Poet, Speaker, Musician
Interview conducted for UKDHM 2021
Hidden impairment interviews for UKDHM 2021
Interviews with Katy Farrell on epilepsy, Yasmin Omar on being a teacher with MS, visually impaired barrister Christina Warner and Emma Charters on dyslexia.
Connected By Threads: How generations of disabled women artists have found a voice through textiles
Gill Crawshaw has created an illustrated essay which tells a story of disabled women and textiles.
Presentation: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history
Utilising the history of disabled people to enhance empathy and understanding of the importance of Human Rights
Presentation by Richard Rieser for The Historical Association
Guides for Employment for disabled people with hidden impairments
Resources produced by TUC for people with hidden impairments
Early Day Motion in UK Parliament
Get Your MP to sign! https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/59089 EDM (Early Day Motion) 607: tabled on 01 November 2021 Tabled in the 2021-22 session. Motion text That this House recognises 18 November to 18 December is Disability History Month which is now in its…
General Resources
Disabled People who have made a Difference. downloadImpairment, Barriers and Solutions. downloadLanguage and Terminology. downloadMaking Sense of Disability. downloadWhen part of your body does not work KS2. downloadKS2 Disability Equality Starter Lesson. downloadThe Wall – A short video made with Comic Relief (33MB). downloadUnderstanding Disability – The…
Activity: Who is a Disabled Person?
Broadsheet 2021
This year’s UKDHM focuses on two enduring stereotypes that make disabled people’s lives more difficult and act as a barrier to our inclusion.
Interview with UKDHM founder
In this podcast Richard talks us through Disability History Month 2020 and how it all began. Sparked partly by the election of a conservative government which threatened the rights of disabled people, and a conversation in which the founder of LGBTQ+ History Month asked why disabled people didn’t have their own month too, Richard began to raise support.
In this podcast we talk activism, lack of ally-ship, BLM, ableism and how access is still a major barrier for disabled people in Britain.