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A new disability arts exhibition is a “colourful reminder” of the battles disabled people have fought – and continue to fight – for their rights, say activists. The exhibition is being held to launch a new gallery space for contemporary art […]
Supporters of a leading mental health arts charity have rallied behind the organisation’s disabled founder and chief executive, who they fear is about to be ousted by its trustees. They believe the future of award-winning CoolTan Arts is at risk because […]
A disabled actor has called on the film industry to see her as a woman and a performer first, rather than focusing on her impairment. Sarah Gordy, who has appeared in primetime BBC One dramas Upstairs Downstairs and Call the Midwife […]
By Raya Al Jadir Organisers of the UK’s annual disability history month hope this year’s event will pressure the government into living up to its responsibility to promote the positive portrayal of disabled people in the media. UK Disability History Month […]
A disabled writer-activist is hoping that his new novel will alert its readers to the “scary” undercurrent of disablism that has been repeatedly stirred up by the government’s “benefit scrounger” rhetoric. The Norwich Wheelchair Murders is Bill Albert’s eighth novel, and […]
Activists have attacked the decision to give nearly £300, 000 of national lottery funding to Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) to research disabled people’s history. They say the non-user-led charity is in no position to carry out such research, and fear the […]
Football’s Premier League clubs have agreed to transform access at their grounds, following a 14-year campaign by disabled supporters. The Premier League announced this week that every one of its 20 clubs would have to meet standards laid out in guidance […]
Most Premier League football clubs have inaccessible websites and fail to provide audio-described commentary for blind and partially-sighted supporters, according to a new survey by a user-led charity. The survey of the 20 Premier League clubs found only four of them […]
The number of disabled people participating regularly in sporting activity has fallen since the London 2012 Paralympic Games, according to official figures. The fall in participation emerged as the government published a consultation document as part of preparations for a new […]
Four of the best-known business brands in Britain have refused to criticise the Premier League for its “glacial” slowness in improving access to football grounds, despite concerns raised by a disabled peer. Lord [Chris] Holmes, a Conservative peer and retired Paralympian, […]