Disability, Health and Well Being UK Disability History Month 2022

The learning point, the oppression Disabled people experience is universal and continues in different forms overtime. The question of resistance is raised. This then leads on easily to the need for a Human Rights Treaty for Disabled people and the need for implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

By Richard Rieser World of Inclusion

Image: Second half of the 20th Century card

Atom Bomb… United Nations… Civil Rights and Liberation Movements… Genocide… New World Order… Cold War…

1959 Mental Health Act – ends to detention for all except those who are a danger to themselves or others. 1950’s & 60’s – Children Below 50 in IQ tests went to separate schools for ‘Educationally Sub-normal’. 1970’s – Care in the Community. ‘People First’ Formed in Canada. 1981 – Disabled People’s International formed. 1990’s – Disabled People’s Movement. 2000 – Curriculum for all children. General Inclusion Statement. 2001 – SEN & Disability Bill.

⊲ Disability Time Line (powerpoint) ⊲ Disability History Examples for Timeline (powerpoint)

Disability, Health and Well Being:

Disability History Month 2022

UK DISABILITY HISTORY MONTH

16 NOVEMBER-16 DECEMBER 2022

UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event which creates a platform to focus on the history of our fight for equality and human rights, including how this informs the struggles Disabled people still face today and also how far we have come.

Disability History Month this year will run from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Friday 16th December 2022, and focus on the theme of Disability, Health and Wellbeing.

DISABILITY RIGHTS, NOT AUSTERITY

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UK Disability History Month 2022 Poster ⊲ UKDHM Website

⊲ UKDHM 2022 Broadsheet ⊲ Launch event (YouTube)