Tom Shakespeare's Blog:

"Disability is part of the human condition. At any one time, perhaps 15% of the population have a disability: add illness and ageing and impairment comes to us all. In this blog, I want to share short biographies of famous and not-so-famous disabled people, and by doing so demonstrate the variety and the achievement of disabled lives. I hope it will be interesting and instructive, and welcome suggestions for future subjects."

[To see more of the blog click this link]

UCU International Disabled People Poster

Produced by the University and College Union (UCU) this poster celebrates the International Day of Disabled People on December 3rd

[Large PDF version available by clicking here]

UN Enable

United Nations Enable is the official website of the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SCRPD) in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations Secretariat. The website provides public information on topics related to disability and the work of the United Nations for persons with disabilities.

website - http://www.un.org/disabilities/

UN International Agreement on Rights of Disabled People - Easyread

In every aspect of life disabled people have the same rights as others. These rights are implicitly covered by other human rights treaties.

However, disabled people’s rights can often be ignored, so the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People explicitly states what these rights are. The Convention then sets out what governments should do to promote and protect these rights.

A PDF is a available in Easy read - on this website: http://odi.dwp.gov.uk/docs/wor/uncon/un-agree.pdf

US Disability History Week:

The US Disability History Week has a timeline section which you may find interesting:

For the main website see: http://disabilityhistoryweek.org/

For the timelines see: http://disabilityhistoryweek.org/pages/timeline/?page=1