The Death of Karen Sherlock

· Comments Off

From Diary of a Benefit Scrounger, Sue Marsh Karen died on June 8 from a suspected heart attack. I’ll leave you with her own words, from the end of her final post on April 29: “We need to be passionate

Martyn Sibley—Public Speaking – “The Inspired Group” – Cambridge – February 2012

· Comments Off

The wonder of Twitter continues. Having connected with Ann Hawkins she kindly asked me to speak to her Cambridge based networking group – http://theinspiredgroup.com/. With 12 topics this year, one each month, I plunged myself into whether self belief is

Ed Roberts discusses the history and future of the independent living movement in the U.S

· Comments Off

Ed Roberts discusses the history and future of the independent living movement in the US. The video is produced by the Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas Edward Verne Roberts (January 23, 1939 –

Why Are Disabled Peoples Organisations Important?

· Comments Off

This site contains 30 short films about Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPOs) and Capacity Building. These are divided into 4 sections, – Disabled Peoples Organisations; – Human Rights, Equality and Campaigning; – Running a Disabled Peoples Organisation; and – Leadership. The

Ian Dury SFX Interview disability—we are all disabled

· Comments Off

‘Collision’ of Dance and Disability

· Comments Off

A New York City dance company called Gimp turns a prevailing notion of physical handicaps on its head. Then comes a leap, a pirouette, a lift….

disCOVER series—Critical Disability Studies MMU—Introduction—Dr Dan Goodley

· Comments Off

Disability Protest—Oxford Circus

· Comments Off

Simon Duffy—Introduction to the Centre for Welfare Reform

· Comments Off

Citizenship the missing key to public policy and welfare reform

· Comments Off

disCOVER: Current barriers facing disabled people in Britain – an interview with Alan Roulstone

· Comments Off

disCOVER—Rod Michalko, University of Toronto

· Comments Off