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…
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…