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Disabled activists have called for action to address the discrimination and disablism faced by disabled students and pupils, and to enforce the laws that should be protecting them. They were speaking at the launch of UK Disability History Month (UKDHM), which […]
Disabled people must “keep fighting back” and “politicise” so they can battle the impact of a decade of austerity, a series of leading disabled figures have urged. They spoke about the importance of working together to fight back against the impact […]
Leading disabled campaigners have spoken of the barriers they have faced due to invisible impairments, at the online launch of the 12th UK Disability History Month (UKDHM). This year’s month-long event, which ends on 18 December, is examining themes of invisible […]
A new lottery award is set to help young disabled people research and record the history of the disabled people’s movement in one of England’s biggest cities. The Forging Our Future project will see younger disabled people – aged between 16 […]
Two leading disabled campaigners have delivered stark messages about the impact of a decade of austerity on disabled people, including the deaths of countless benefit claimants and the “unprecedented” loss of user-led organisations. Professor Peter Beresford, co-chair of Shaping Our Lives, […]
Disabled teachers, lecturers and students have come together to call for sweeping changes to disability equality laws, and to highlight the barriers they face across the education sector. A parliamentary meeting heard last night (Wednesday) how disabled people working in the […]
A parliamentary event has recognised some of the many artists over the centuries whose talent as musicians has “trumped” the oppression they experienced as disabled people. The event was held to launch the ninth annual Disability History Month, which this year […]