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…
The Reunion: Disability Campaigners – full programme transcript (10 April 2016)
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The Falsification of History: The Twenty Year Burial of the Civil Rights Bill Action,
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In discussion with Disability rights pioneer Lorraine Gradwell, MBE
by Gemma on November 22, 2015 in Activism, Austerity, Community Care, Cuts, Disability, DPAC, Lorraine Gradwell, Rights, UKDHM • 0 Comments As today marks the start of UKDHM (UK Disability History Month from 22 November to 22 December), I sum…
In discussion with Disability rights pioneer Lorraine Gradwell, MBE
From Gemma Nash’s Website As today marks the start of UKDHM (UK Disability History Month from 22 November to 22 December), I sum up and reflect on my interview with Lorraine Gradwell, MBE. Known to many as a leading disability rights…
Alaska Disability History Exhibit
This online exhibition of 23 panels gives a detailed understanding of the history of disabled people. In the USA people with disabilities is the preferred term. http://dhss.alaska.gov/gcdse/Pages/history/html_maincontent_overview.aspx http://dhss.alaska.gov/gcdse/Pages/history/pdf_guide.aspx http://dhss.alaska.gov/gcdse/Pages/history/html_timeline_overview.aspx Display Created and Printed by ACT Advocating Change Together http://www.selfadvocacy.com/ Panel…
Disabled women at Feminism in London 2015
http://sisofrida.org/2015/11/04/disabled-women-at-feminism-in-london-2015/
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995: The campaign for civil rights
November 2015 marks the twentieth anniversary since the Disability Discrimination Act became law in Britain. The law improved the lives of many disabled people and put anti-discrimination law on the statute book for disabled people.
Ian Stanton
From a series of posters for Birmingham City Council on the UK Disability Movement.