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UK Disability History Month

Government’s disability strategy ‘must be grounded in UN convention’

By John Pring on 3rd December 2020 Category: Politics

Government’s disability strategy ‘must be grounded in UN convention’
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Disabled activists have called on the government to ensure that its long-awaited disability strategy produces stronger anti-discrimination legislation and is grounded in the social model of disability and the UN disability convention. They were speaking at an event hosted by Labour’s […]

Mother pleads for help in ending autistic son’s seven-year incarceration

By John Pring on 24th November 2016 Category: Human Rights

Mother pleads for help in ending autistic son’s seven-year incarceration
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Disabled activists and academics have called for the release of an autistic man with learning difficulties who has been held in locked mental health institutions for seven years, against his and his family’s wishes. The case of Eden Norris (pictured, with […]

New web resource brings eugenicist history of long-stay hospitals to life

By John Pring on 24th November 2016 Category: Education

New web resource brings eugenicist history of long-stay hospitals to life
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Campaigners hope that a new website will educate children – and their teachers – about the “eugenicist agitation” that led to tens of thousands of people with learning difficulties being incarcerated for life throughout much of the twentieth century. The new […]

History month could pressure government on media portrayal

By guest on 30th October 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

History month could pressure government on media portrayal
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By Raya Al Jadir Organisers of the UK’s annual disability history month hope this year’s event will pressure the government into living up to its responsibility to promote the positive portrayal of disabled people in the media. UK Disability History Month […]

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