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…
National Disability Arts Collection and Archive
The UK Disability Arts Movement is a unique movement which began in Britain in the 1970s. It was made up of a group of angry disabled people and their allies who broke barriers, helped change the law, and made great…
Dwarfs in the Arts: Diego Velázquez
Dwarfs in the Arts: Diego Velázquez http://www.pbs.org/pov/nobiggerthanaminute/diego-velazquez/ Long before any writing appeared about dwarfs, they could be found in artwork created in every culture and in every time period. Images of dwarfs were plentiful in the ancient world, in the…
Disabled artists life and works for KS2 and KS 3 students
Art KS2/KS3 2 sessions examining different disabled artists life and works. download
Richard III Distortion for propaganda, 1452 – 1485
Richard III, portrait with overpaint, c. 1504–20 View ‘Richard III, portrait with overpaint, c. 1504–20’ on the British Library website http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/richard-iii-portrait-with-overpaint-c-1504-20 This painting in the Royal Collection was first recorded in an inventory of Henry VIII’s collection and would have…
Peter Mittler – “Language and Disability: From Holocaust to Austerity Britain”
An essay by Peter Mittler for UKDHM 2016. Presented at event hosted by Manchester City Council’s Disabled Staff Group at City Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester November 30 2016 Download the essay here
Leeds student’s online campaign to challenge the word ‘suffer’ used in relation to disabled people
This video has been made for Disability History Month UK at the University of Leeds, the Centre for Disability Studies in partnership with Leeds University Union Disability Action Group. Let us know what barriers you suffer from with #isufferfrom For…
Frances Ryan video: It’s time to stop calling disabled people inspirational
Frrances Ryan video Its time to stop calling disabled people inspirational https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2016/sep/07/its-time-to-stop-calling-disabled-people-inspirational-video
Launch of Open University education resources
Portcullis House, Parliament 22 November 2016 Download the pack here Jan Draper, introduced by Jan Walmsley Angela Rayner MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Education Nick Llewellyn and Paul Christian present Access All Areas Resource: The Cocoa Song…