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Why independent living gave birth to the social model and the civil rights campaign

8 Dec

November saw the twentieth anniversary of disability anti-discrimination legislation in Britain. To mark this anniversary the UK charity Scope highlights the challenges faced and successes gained over the past 20 years and shines the spotlight on the struggles and victories campaigners experienced on the continuing journey towards equality for disabled people.  Follow the link to Scope’s […]

A blast to the past: LGBT

16 Jul

Many of us are aware of the term LGBT (or even LGBTQ/LGBTQI and LGBT+) which refers to someone identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans. Here in the UK we have one of the highest degrees of LGBT liberties in the world, but these changes have been very recent and much later developments than other protected […]