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Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography

By John Pring on 30th May 2019 Category: Human Rights

Should DRC rise again? Sir Bert asks in posthumous autobiography
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An autobiography by one of the most influential disabled people of the last 50 years – published posthumously – could ignite calls for the return of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), 12 years after it was merged into a new equality […]

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’

By John Pring on 19th October 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’
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Tributes have been paid to Sir Bert Massie, the chair of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) throughout its seven years, who made a “fundamental” contribution to disabled people’s liberation, and who died this week. His other appointments included time as a […]

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