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ROFA conference: Disabled people must build alliances, says Morris

By John Pring on 17th July 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA conference: Disabled people must build alliances, says Morris
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A leading researcher and writer has called on disabled people and their organisations to build alliances with other groups hit by the “dysfunctional, unhealthy” economy. Jenny Morris, who helped write the Labour government’s Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People white […]

Rights campaigner ‘knocked for six’ by MBE

By John Pring on 19th June 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Rights campaigner ‘knocked for six’ by MBE
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A disabled campaigner has described how he was “knocked for six” after learning that he had been recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. Shaun Webster becomes one of a select group of people with learning difficulties who have […]

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