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Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama

By John Pring on 19th November 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Letter to BBC tells of ‘outpouring of hurt and distress’ over benefit fraud drama
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Campaigners have written to the BBC to express the “outpouring of hurt and distress” felt by disabled people over its decision to broadcast a disabled-led drama that mirrored years of deeply damaging government rhetoric about benefit cheats. The Real Deal (pictured) […]

BBC’s disabled-led ‘benefit cheat’ drama causes anger and disbelief

By John Pring on 5th November 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BBC’s disabled-led ‘benefit cheat’ drama causes anger and disbelief
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Disabled activists have spoken of their anger and distress after the BBC broadcast a drama – starring one of the country’s best-known disabled actors – that they say mirrors years of deeply damaging government rhetoric about benefit cheats. The BBC Four […]

BBC set for month-long season to mark 25th anniversary of Disability Discrimination Act

By John Pring on 29th October 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BBC set for month-long season to mark 25th anniversary of Disability Discrimination Act
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The BBC is to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) next month with a series of dramas, documentaries, news packages and discussions. Among the month-long season will be a series of six 15-minute dramatic […]

Grassroots activism is the only way to end oppression, Barnes tells book launch

By John Pring on 18th June 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Grassroots activism is the only way to end oppression, Barnes tells book launch
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Disabled people will only end the oppression they have experienced over the last decade by getting involved in grassroots activism, according to one of the most significant figures in the development of the social model of disability. Professor Colin Barnes, founder […]

Coronavirus: Anger over ‘terrifying and discriminating’ intensive care guidance

By John Pring on 26th March 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Anger over ‘terrifying and discriminating’ intensive care guidance
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New guidance for the NHS on which coronavirus patients should receive intensive care treatment has heightened fears among activists that many disabled people will be refused life-saving treatment if they are admitted to hospital. The guidance from the National Institute for […]

Disabled talent calls on film industry to act now on disability

By John Pring on 6th February 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled talent calls on film industry to act now on disability
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Leading actors and writers have called on the film-making industry to move far more quickly to improve access and opportunities for disabled talent. Among those calling for change was disabled BAFTA-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne, who said the pace of change within […]

Disabled comedian reduced to tears after public humiliation by train guard

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Transport

Disabled comedian reduced to tears after public humiliation by train guard
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A disabled comedian has described how she was reduced to tears after being publicly “shamed” by a train guard who forced her to move her mobility scooter to make way for a mother with a baby buggy. Tanyalee Davis was on […]

Court’s assisted suicide ruling ‘confirms growing resistance’ to law change

By John Pring on 12th October 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Court’s assisted suicide ruling ‘confirms growing resistance’ to law change
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A court’s rejection of the latest bid to legalise assisted suicide shows that a group of disabled activists, and the medical profession, are now leading the opposition to a change in the law, according to a disabled peer. Noel Conway, who […]

DaDaFest offers ‘11 Million Reasons To Dance’… and much more

By John Pring on 13th October 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

DaDaFest offers ‘11 Million Reasons To Dance’… and much more
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Sculptures of figures falling down, fat activism, and a dance performance dedicated to the disabled victims of the Nazi euthanasia programme will all feature in DaDaFest’s 13th festival of disability and Deaf arts, which begins next month. DaDaFest said the Liverpool-based […]

Activists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Activists protest outside premiere of ‘disability snuff movie’
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Appalled activists protested outside a London premiere last night after describing the film as a “disability snuff movie” that suggests disabled people are better off dead. The protest outside the Curzon Mayfair cinema in London’s West End was coordinated by the […]

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