by Colin Hambrook Originally published as The Lost King: Challenging Disableism through the recovery of Richard III on Disability Arts Online magazine.https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/the-lost-king-challenging-disableism-through-the-recovery-of-richard-iii/ The Lost King is the latest of acclaimed director Stephen Frears’ films to go on general release. Colin Hambrook outlines…
Nothing About Us Without Us, Manchester
Disabled People’s Activism: Past, Present and Future People’s History MuseumLeft Bank, Manchester M3 3ER This landmark exhibition explores the history of disabled people’s activism and ongoing fight for rights and inclusion. Nothing About Us Without Us has been curated by four community curators,…
BBC TV drama about Direct Action Network (DAN)
The Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN), was a disability rights activist organization in Britain that campaigned for civil rights with high-profile street demonstrations involving civil disobedience, rallies and protests. Then Barbara Met Alan is a British television drama film…
100 people held more than 20 years in ‘institutions’
By Jayne McCubbin & Ruth CleggBBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59388886 One hundred people with learning disabilities and autism in England have been held in specialist hospitals for at least 20 years, the BBC has learned. The finding was made during an investigation…
Press Release for UKDHM 2021
Launch Tonight at 7pm UK Disability History Month for 12th Year! Twin themes: Disability and Hidden Impairment.Under the definition of the Equality Act, 80% of the over 14million people who are disabled have hidden impairments. They face the double whammy of being disabled,…
ITV News focus on UKDHM
To mark UK Disability History month, ITV Reporter Katharine Walker has been hearing about the experiences of disabled people and finding out about their vision for the future.
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…
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.
UKDHM Banner on Nottingham Town Hall
BBC Programmes on Eugenics
Science journalist Angela Saini and disability rights activist Adam Pearson, reveal that eugenics – the controversial idea that was a driving force behind the Nazi death camps – originated in the upper echelons of the British scientific community. The presenters…