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Lizzie Emeh: ‘Remarkable legacy’ left by pioneering disabled artist

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Lizzie Emeh: ‘Remarkable legacy’ left by pioneering disabled artist
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Fellow disabled artists and colleagues have spoken this week of the “remarkable legacy” left by the pioneering singer-songwriter Lizzie Emeh, who has died at the age of 44. In 2009, Emeh became the first person with a learning difficulty to release […]

Margaret Hickish: Tributes paid to ‘unstoppable roller-coaster for inclusion’

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Transport

Margaret Hickish: Tributes paid to ‘unstoppable roller-coaster for inclusion’
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Tributes have been paid to Margaret Hickish, an “unstoppable roller-coaster for inclusion” who played a significant role in “waking up the transport industry to the benefits of accessible transport and inclusive design”. Although Hickish’s name was not widely-known among disabled people, […]

Anger over Unum sponsorship of ‘Superhero’ triathlon event

By John Pring on 8th August 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Anger over Unum sponsorship of ‘Superhero’ triathlon event
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A retired Paralympian organising a mass participation disability sports event has defended accepting sponsorship from a company that spent years lobbying the government to make the out-of-work disability benefits regime harsher and more stressful. Unum has signed up as one of […]

Some claims that London 2012 changed the world are nonsense, says disabled peer

By John Pring on 7th March 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Some claims that London 2012 changed the world are nonsense, says disabled peer
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One of Britain’s greatest Paralympians has told a parliamentary meeting to beware of claims that London 2012 “changed the world” for disabled people. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson (pictured) was speaking at a parliamentary meeting held to discuss the need for more to […]

Paralympic classification scandal: ‘Athletes are cheating in search of medals and money’

By John Pring on 2nd November 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Paralympic classification scandal: ‘Athletes are cheating in search of medals and money’
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The system of Paralympic classification is being abused by cheating British athletes in search of money and medals, a disabled peer and retired Paralympian has told MPs. Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson told members of the Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee […]

Countdown to Rio: Cockroft pushes harder and further than ever in bid for gold

By John Pring on 1st September 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Countdown to Rio: Cockroft pushes harder and further than ever in bid for gold
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Hannah Cockroft admits she has loved every minute of the celebrity lifestyle that has come in the wake of her two track gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics. She’s been seen at awards ceremonies, taken part in fashion shoots, and […]

Countdown to Rio: Peacock ready to defend his crown

By John Pring on 1st September 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Countdown to Rio: Peacock ready to defend his crown
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He was one of the biggest British names at the London 2012 Paralympics. There were wheelchair-racers Hannah Cockroft and David Weir, swimmer Ellie Simmonds… and T44 sprinter Jonnie Peacock. Peacock’s T44 final in London was one of the sporting highlights of […]

Paralympians’ surprise at IPC failure to store samples from London 2012

By John Pring on 18th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Paralympians’ surprise at IPC failure to store samples from London 2012
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British Paralympians have expressed surprise and disappointment after learning that drug cheats from the London and Beijing Paralympics will escape exposure because the world governing body could not afford to store blood and urine samples for future retesting. Disability News Service […]

DPAC will use Paralympics to highlight austerity impact in week of action

By John Pring on 11th August 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC will use Paralympics to highlight austerity impact in week of action
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Disabled activists are to hold a week of action to coincide with the start of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, in a bid to highlight the impact of austerity-driven cuts on disability rights. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) hopes to use the […]

Arts Council funding is ‘vote of confidence’ in disability arts organisation

By John Pring on 11th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Arts Council funding is ‘vote of confidence’ in disability arts organisation
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The Arts Council has awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds to the disability arts movement in a bid to address the under-representation of disabled-led organisations among those receiving its funding. Arts Council England (ACE) announced this week that it was awarding […]

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