For 2021 we have twin themes:
Disability and Hidden Impairment
Disability Relationships and Sex
At the on-line launch we heard from:
Richard Rieser, founder and coordinator – The impact of disabilism-systematic oppression and discrimination on disabled people in the above two areas
Daniel Kabede, President of the NEU – Why UKDHM is so important in educating the next generation
Marsha De Cordova MP – Why Parliament should take disabled people’s rights much more seriously
Janine Booth, TUC Disabled Workers Committee, RMT and Autism Activist – Why all those with Neurodiversity must be accepted and have their rights upheld
Ellen Goodey, activist, actor, speaker with Downs Syndrome The importance of marriage to her;
Mik Scarlet, journalist, actor, TV presenter and disability activist – Disability and Sexuality
Penny Pepper, writer, activist, musician – Disabled Women and Sex
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