A Small Tribute To Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was not disabled, as far as anyone knew. He was not a disability rightscampaigner.
11 Dec 2013
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Disability History Month: Unpacking medieval myths
Continue reading the main story More from Ouch See Hear: Lovefilm letdown Self-driving wheelchairs See Hear meets Holby City Delving into disabled people's social history can help us understand modern attitudes to disability, argues Richard Rieser, coordinator of the UK's annual Disability History Month.
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10 Dec 2013
WOWPetition’s Change.Org Petition For A Full Debate In The Commons
From Change.org. Please sign and lets see if we can get this petition recognised by the site and sent viral.
10 Dec 2013
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a UN-day. The theme for this year's is: "Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all".
10 Dec 2013
Martin Horwood MP writes…Putting people with disabilities into the international development picture
One year after her appointment as the first ever Liberal Democrat minister at the Department for International Development (DfID), Lynne Featherstone has already earned a reputation for picking up difficult subjects and setting ambitious goals. In her first year, she put the issue of female genital mutilation on the national and international agenda and famously declared that she wanted to see it gone within a generation and then started to take the practical steps to make that happen.
10 Dec 2013
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