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.
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.
UKDHM 2020 Broadsheet
In our 11th year we are focusing on Access and asking the questions ‘How far have we come? How far have we to go?’ UK Disability History Month runs from the online launch on the evening of 18th November to 18th December 2020.For disabled people access is now a fundamental human right, as is gaining participation on an equal level with others, regardless of our impairments. Disabled people have struggled for many years to change society’s lived physical and information environment.
UKDHM 2020 Presentation ‘Human Right or Optional After-thought’
Richard Rieser’s introductory presentation for UKDHM 2020
Crip Camp
Netflix documentary about disability rights activists in 1970s United States.
SCULPT
SCULPT is guidance to help you create documents that meet basic accessibility requirements.
It has six basics to get you started for creating documents and information online.
It has six basics to get you started for creating documents and information online.
Meeting UK government accessibility requirements
The UK Government’s official guidelines for creating accessible services and content.