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Crippen hears about a coronavirus grant for disabled people who cannot return to work

September 20, 2020 - by

Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson has finally emerged from wherever he’s been hiding to announce a funding initiative for those disabled people who are unable to return to their place of work and ...

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Crippen and the government’s continuing contempt for disabled people

September 16, 2020 - by

The new government white paper on the future of the planning system completely ignores the needs of disabled people and the current accessible housing crisis. The Planning for the Future document makes repeated references to the need for “beautiful new homes”, “beautiful places” and “beautiful buildings”, but with no ...

I Cannot Stand By and Watch this Happen Any More. How Can I Make Them See?

September 15, 2020 - by

Neurodivergent 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 ...

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Piss Off With Your Pain, You Peasants!

September 15, 2020 - by

I haven't blogged in a while, lots of lifey things happening, lots of deadlines to fulfil, and a house move on the horizon. I have even had to contend with a flasher. He hasn't been caught so I have trip advisored the place he flashed to add their new ...

Photograph of a posh suit shot through a shop window, you can see the reflection of the hand of the person taking th ephotograph

different battle same war 2: the ligatures of austerity

August 18, 2020 - by

Disability Arts Online · Different Battle Same War 2: the ligatures of austerity different battle same war. number two. there is one bad ...

a cartoon about the high number of disabled who have died due to virus

Crippen reports that two thirds of those that have died during pandemic are disabled people

August 12, 2020 - by

It’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.

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Crippen reveals what has happened to some ex Remploy workers

August 11, 2020 - by

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 ·

inspired by Museum of Homelessness

July 20, 2020 - by

our new online work - inpired by Museum of Homelessness (where we are also artistic associate - another part of our lived experiences) - a blue sky idea for arts&heritage talks about the realities of homelessnesses today and how the 1824 vagrancy ...

Text based art work, the words love and rage are written in a heart, which is overlaid on layers of illegible text

different battle, same war 01

July 15, 2020 - by

different battle, same war. 2020 - 2022 c.e. Disability Arts Online · Different Battle Same War 01 rants have long been (dis)honourable art. as artistic associate of dao ...

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Crippen and the call for grassroots activism

July 12, 2020 - by

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 ...