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Disabled people ‘must rediscover appetite for fighting oppression’

By John Pring on 30th November 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people ‘must rediscover appetite for fighting oppression’
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A leading disabled activist has issued a call in a new book for the disabled people’s movement to rediscover its appetite for fighting oppression and transforming society. In Disability Praxis*, Bob Williams-Findlay argues that the disabled people’s movement has gradually drifted […]

Scope and Leonard Cheshire merger talks are met with scorn and concern

By John Pring on 13th August 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Scope and Leonard Cheshire merger talks are met with scorn and concern
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Disabled activists have dismissed talk of a possible merger between two of the country’s largest disability charities as a “rebranding” exercise that would only “shore up a failing business model”. Scope and Leonard Cheshire this week denied reports – based apparently […]

Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’

By John Pring on 9th July 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’
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Disabled activists have called for a re-examination of the social model of disability to produce a “reinvigorated” version that will bring together disabled, Deaf and autistic people to challenge the oppression they face. The call came at an online meeting hosted […]

Disabled activist calls for evidence of blue badge delays

By John Pring on 15th November 2018 Category: Independent Living

Disabled activist calls for evidence of blue badge delays
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An activist whose local authority warns disabled people that it could take up to 12 weeks to renew their blue parking badges is calling for disabled people in other parts of the country to pass on their experiences of problems and […]

Disabled people ‘will go into government alongside Labour’, says McDonnell

By John Pring on 9th November 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people ‘will go into government alongside Labour’, says McDonnell
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Disabled people and their organisations will “determine” and “implement” the disability policies of the next Labour government, the shadow chancellor has promised a national conference. John McDonnell told the National Disabled People’s Summit that disabled people would “go into government just […]

Shadow minister set for disability equality road trip

By John Pring on 11th December 2015 Category: Politics

Shadow minister set for disability equality road trip
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A Labour shadow minister is to travel the country to ask disabled people for their help in designing a 21st-century social security system. Debbie Abrahams, the shadow minister for disabled people, launched her “disability equality roadshow” last week at a parliamentary […]

Backlash from activists over Scope’s attempt to ‘End the Awkward’

By John Pring on 7th August 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Backlash from activists over Scope’s attempt to ‘End the Awkward’
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A disability charity has been criticised by disabled activists for ploughing its resources into an “embarrassing” and “hypocritical” new campaign that has cost nearly £1 million. Scope released a series of six comic sketches, produced in conjunction with Channel 4, which […]

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