Disability activism
Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’
Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’
Claire Fisher, head of strategic communications at the Campaign for Disability Justice, writes about why disabled people have to be given a voice in government plans to ‘keep Britain working’
This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
In her book, The View From Down Here, Lucy Webster argues that for disabled women, there is an additional battle to be seen as women at all. In this extract, she looks at the role of desexualisation in this denial of gender identity
Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Josh Wintersgill’s Access to Work grant has been slashed by 80%. If his appeal isn’t accepted, he might have to close his business.
Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that
Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I’m on a mission to change that
MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you’ve probably never heard of
Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport
Paris Paralympics is a stark reminder of the barriers most disabled people face in sport
I was granted Freedom of the City but – in my wheelchair – not the freedom of the room
