What is the experience of autistic, dyslexic and other neurodivergent people under capitalism? What more can socialism offer? And how do we get there? An illustrated talk by Janine Booth …first posted 7th November 2018 18minutes
Support Face Equality Day 23rd May
ChangingFaces Published on May 1, 2018 This year we are launching a new appeal to support a year of transformational change and actions specifically for children and young people with visible differences across the UK: Proud to be Me -The…
Karen Gafney TED Talk Down Syndrome Inclusion and Human Rights 14.27
For morwe information on Karen’s life see http://www.karengaffneyfoundation.com/KSarticles.shtml
Tom Shakespeare BBC Radio 4 Point of View BBC I player
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01xnm A Normal Need 10 minutes https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09yh6n9 The Mental Illness Metaphor https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09thl6z Going Forward https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08k4zwt Dementia Rights https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jf76n The Power of Stories https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hqm3c Sic Transport- Why we should not wallow in the past https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v36ks Independence Wheelchair User Tom Shakespeare on…
Disabled Century BBC Produced and Directed by David Hevey
Can be viewed on line at www.davidhevey.com/viewing Episode 1 The Disabled CenturyEpisode 1 of 3 A look at the experiences of those disabled while fighting for their country in the two world wars, and the harsh, often brutal realities that confronted the vast…
Tracey Lazard on UN CRPD Committee calling UK Government’s Treatment of Disabled People a Catastrophe
IL in Geneva We gave evidence to the UN in August alongside our sister DDPOs Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations were hailed as “world leaders” by the UN for their efforts in bringing to light the injustices and human…
40 Facts about Tamerlane – Timur the Lame
40 Facts about Tamerlane – Timur the Lame Updated on April 19, 2015 Thomas Swan more Contact Author A reconstruction of Tamerlane’s face. | Source Who Was Tamerlane? Timur was a 14th Century Turko-Mongol military leader who conquered most of the Muslim…
Was Tamerlane disabled?
Disability history month: Was Tamerlane disabled? 4 December 2012 In today’s Magazine My life on a plate Starting a new life with nothing but a wild plot of land A ‘goodbye kiss’ to Cassini Belarus mushroom pickers chafe at ban…
People are Just People-History of Learning Difficulty
People are just people. But we put some of them into groups, draw a line around the group and stick a label on. Then we forget what we did. Instead, we say: Look at that group of people, they are naturally different from everyone else. But they aren’t naturally different. We made it all up.
A manifesto for Disability Equality The Trades Union Congress 2017 (TUC)
A manifesto for Disability Equality The Trades Union Congress (TUC) on the advice of its disabled members has published this manifesto to promote support for the steps needed to achieve equality for millions of disabled people in Britain and…