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Disabled activists have called for a re-examination of the social model of disability to produce a “reinvigorated” version that will bring together disabled, Deaf and autistic people to challenge the oppression they face. The call came at an online meeting hosted […]
A new “radical history” of the disabled people’s movement is set to throw new light on the contribution made by one of its most influential figures. The launch of No Limits: The Disabled People’s Movement, A Radical History, took place last […]
A key document that helped many disabled activists develop their understanding of how they were being oppressed by society more than 40 years ago has been published for the first time. The document, Are We Oppressed?, was compiled in 1974 by […]
A university has been forced to remove the name of a pioneer of the disabled people’s movement from an annual series of lectures, after it invited a leading critic of his work to deliver the first talk. The University of Leeds […]