Blog - Learning Disability
Oska Bites: Love Bite, Review by David Sheppeard
September 17, 2020 - by Oska BrightOska Bright Film Festival, the world’s leading learning disability film festival based in Brighton, continues its online series of award-winning short films Oska Bites, with Love Bite, a programme which looked at LGBTQ+ and learning disability culture on film. All the films featured in Oska Bites programmes are made ...
I Cannot Stand By and Watch this Happen Any More. How Can I Make Them See?
September 15, 2020 - by Magical WomenNeurodivergent and Magical Women artist, Gemma Abbott calls for an end to ableism towards Neurodivergent artists. The Effect of Lockdown on Worldwide Communities 2020 has been an interesting year so far. And watching from a distance, from within the walls of our houses, has helped to clarify some things. It has ...
Crippen reports that two thirds of those that have died during pandemic are disabled people
August 12, 2020 - by CrippenIt’s official!
Disabled people have made up two-thirds of coronavirus deaths in the UK, according to the latest figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and they say that we’re also 11 times more likely to die of the virus than non-disabled people.
Remember when Arlington Automotive bought the final three Remploy sheltered factories and took on the disabled employees stating that they were committed to equality and diversity in the workplace?
Disability Arts Online ·
DAO Digital Influencer Deen Hallissey presents a film introducing you to the whole Disability Arts Online team. Expect a mixture of both silly and serious questions...
https://youtu.be/RrXq4ng9vso In my last Blog about the high death rate amongst learning disabled people during this pandemic, I used an article by journalist Nick Cohen as my source material. At the end of his article he spoke about the language used when talking about ‘people with learning disabilities and autism’
... When we finalised our business plan objectives back in December 2019, I had no idea how crucial our objective to “undergo development and experimentation in new online events” would become! Previously, we relied heavily on the knowledge of partner organisations and relatively high-cost third-party access solutions that our budget couldn’t
... Whilst some Disabled activists are calling for a re-examination of the social model of disability, Dennis Queen, disabled activist and singer song writer remembers her first encounter with this life changing concept.
Disability Arts Online ·
Speaking at the online launch of a new book by a disabled activist, Ellen Clifford, Professor Colin Barnes, one of the most significant figures in the development of the social model of disability, said that disabled people had faced a decade of oppression and that we will only
... 213 Things About Me is a podcast series which tells the true story of ‘Rose’, who was diagnosed with autism aged 36 and took her own life six months later. 213 Things About Me is told through a list of Rose’s traits, which she made immediately after being diagnosed with
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Crippen reveals what has happened to some ex Remploy workers
August 11, 2020 - by Crippen
Getting to know the DAO staff team
July 31, 2020 - by Deen Hallissey
Crippen looks at language
July 21, 2020 - by Crippen
What we’ve learnt about online access during the Covid-19 crisis
July 16, 2020 - by Trish Wheatley
Crippen invites Dennis Queen to talk about her experience of the social model
July 14, 2020 - by Crippen
Crippen and the call for grassroots activism
July 12, 2020 - by Crippen
213 Things About Me and plenty to discuss about autism
July 10, 2020 - by Deen Hallissey