Blog - Learning Disability
The Liz Bentley Delivery Woman contemplating education with Julie Andrews
May 18, 2021 - by Liz BentleyThis is a drunk me and Julie Andrews on our graduation ceremony at Goldsmiths in 2010, I think. Our Master’s degree in psychodynamic counselling. A course I was already lecturing on with no degree, just two GCSEs in English, music and a CSE in typing. I left school at sixteen and ...
Crippen hears about an exciting project run and controlled by young disabled people
May 12, 2021 - by CrippenAn exciting new project, RIP:STARS which is run and controlled by young disabled people, has issued its findings on the quality of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and whether they meet disabled children and young people’s rights.
It seems that the problems with regard to so called special educational needs (SEN) are not just confined to the UK mainland. Our disabled brothers and sisters and their families over in Northern Ireland are getting the short end of the stick too.
The Right-wing influences are at it again with two new appointments to high ranking roles within the broadcasting industry and the launch of a new TV channel that has raised more than a few eyebrows.
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I’m currently in the process of completing a project for DAO called ‘A history of disability - including the involvement of disability arts’. It has involved researching attitudes towards disabled people over the centuries including the many prejudices and superstitions that existed.
Following on from my last Blog about the National Disability Strategy Survey (NDS), several disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have complained directly to Justin Tomlinson, the Minister for Disabled People.
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The launch of The UK Disability Strategy Survey has brought mixed reaction from fellow Crips and our groups and organisations (DPOs).
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... It’s got to the stage where when this government hacks off yet another piece of disability-related legislation, there’s not even a tokenistic acknowledgement, never mind any form of protest from opposition parties and those groups and organisations that claim to represent us.
I’m looking forward to introducing my new project – Propulsion, Learning and Sharing. Funded by Arts Council, I’ll be looking at my own disabilities and working out what my access needs are moving forward, along with interviewing other disabled artists about how they manage their own access needs.
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... Whilst doing research for a project about the history of disability I came across an interesting fact about the Royal family, in particular about the Queen’s cousins.
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Crippen discovers that children with special educational needs are being failed in Northern Ireland
March 4, 2021 - by Crippen
Crippen asks – Bias or what?!
February 12, 2021 - by Crippen
Crippen discovers that prejudices and superstition still exists
February 2, 2021 - by Crippen
Crippen and the National Disability Strategy Survey – Part 2
January 25, 2021 - by Crippen
Crippen and the National Disability Strategy Survey – Part 1
January 25, 2021 - by Crippen
Crippen discovers that the transport industry has had yet another exemption from access laws!
January 19, 2021 - by Crippen
Propulsion for 2021
January 18, 2021 - by Gary Thomas
Crippen researches the Queen’s ‘hidden’ cousins
December 14, 2020 - by Crippen