Tag Archives: UK Disability History Month

English Heritage reveals a time and a place for disability history

From churches designed for Deaf congregations to the first schools for blind children and one of the earliest disabled people’s organisations, a new website project charts the history of disabled people through the buildings they have used.
Disability in Time and Place was launched this week by English Heritage – the government’s adviser on the historic [...]

DAN sends message to coalition: We are coming for you

The radical disabled people’s network DAN has warned the government to expect an imminent return to the kind of high-profile, non-violent, direct action protests last seen in the 1990s.
The pledge was made at the launch of the second UK Disability History Month (UK DHM), which is running until 22 December.
Barbara Lisicki was a key DAN [...]