Demos:- http://www.demos.co.uk/
1) Disablist Britain
Bringing together data about ‘disablism’ from a large number of sources in
one place for the first time, this report catalogues the ways in which
British society discriminates against disabled people and prevents them from
living the lives they want to lead.
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/disablistbritain
2) Institutional disablism’ is rife in Britain
Demos audit provides first comprehensive assessment of disability
discrimination in the UK
http://www.demos.co.uk/media/pressreleases/disablistbritain
3) Disablism
A new approach is needed to tackle on-going discrimination against disabled
people: one that coherently leverages positive change as it emerges in
society, rather than relying on legislation.
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/disablism
4) Disablism
disablism - a new Demos report - is out today to coincide with the launch of
Scope's Time to Get Equal campaign. disablism isn't a word you'll find in
the dictionary, but it was something that all the disabled people we spoke
to and worked with on the project recognised very strongly as part of their
experience. There's a good piece on BBC News Online about the launch and the
report. Also a piece in the Scotsman about David Blunkett's speech at the
launch, and a piece in the Guardian which..
.http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/Disablism
5) Ain't disablism the same as racism?
Disabled people's negative freedoms are infringed every day. Disability
Awareness in Action notes on its 'violations database' that since 1990, 682
disabled people have lost their lives because of disablism in the UK. That
is, they have been deliberately killed just because they were a disabled
person. Discrimination is not restricted to 'full participation in society'.
Equally, members of the ethnic minority community are still
disproportionately represented in the job market - their positive...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/Aintdisablismthesameasracism
6) New partnerships needed to fight disablism
Legislation alone will not stamp out discrimination unless public attitudes
towards disabled people also change, says new report
http://www.demos.co.uk/media/pressreleases/disablism
7) Better design can challenge ‘disablism’
Our world of fiddly buttons and user-unfriendly gadgets is discriminating
against disabled people, says new Demos
report...http://www.demos.co.uk/media/pressreleases/disablismdesign
8) Disablism Summit
Perfection revisited?Paul Miller, 15 July 2004, Scope disablism Summit,
LondonAbout this time last year I sat down to lunch at a conference about
future technologies that was being held at Stanford University on the west
coast of America. And, as you do, I got talking to the guy opposite me about
the previous session which had been a fairly mindblowing talk about some new
wiz-bang widget or other.Anyway, we chatted for a while then I asked this
guy what he did for a job.It turned out he was in...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/DisablismSummit
9) Independent Living
Independent living is what non-disabled people take for granted – living the
life you want to live; deciding what you want to do (and what you don’t),
and then having the opportunity and, if necessary, the support, to get on
and do it.
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/independentlivingreport
11) Independent Living
We launched a new report called Independent Living yesterday. It was covered
by the BBC, Guardian and Daily Mail among others. Sarah also wrote a
Guardian comment piece (photo courtesy of our own Charlie Tims).New
disability minister Anne McGuire gave her first proper speech since taking
the job at the launch event. We'll try and get hold of some of the speeches
and post them here as there were some very good ones.The report follows on
from our disablism report of last year and argues that
the...http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/IndependentLiving
12) Taking Control
There's a piece in today's Society Guardian about the excellent In Control
pilot scheme. We profiled the project in our disablism pamphlet last year
where we argued for more personalised support. We're continuing to work on
the ideas of independent living and personalised support with Scope this
year so if you know of similar schemes that you think we should be learning
from, either drop me or Sarah Gillinson a line.
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/TakingControl
13) Micro-egalitarianism
It reminded me of a fantastic report by Demos Associates Melanie Howard and
Sue Tibballs, where they argued that questions of equality cannot be
resolved until we start talking about the issues in language that people
understand and recognise as relevant to their own lives.Thinking about
egalitarianism, I?m not sure that either equality of opportunity or outcomes
quite hits the mark. Egalitarianism should surely be about recognising equal
human worth. Real equality of opportunity comes from...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/Microegalitarianism
14) Government launches disability strategy
Number 10 have just announced a new 20 year (and 212 page long) strategy for
improving the life chances of disabled people. We'll be looking over all the
details today, so more thoughts soon, but first impressions are that it
looks very promising. I've also noticed that our disablism report from last
year has found it's way in.We're continuing to work with Scope, DAA and
other friends looking at how to tackle discrimination against disabled
people and how support for disabled people can be...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/Governmentlaunchesdisabilitystrategy
15) More on 20 year disability strategy
Media coverage of the launch of the Government's disability strategy
yesterday was pretty low but the Guardian is running a piece about the
proposal for more personalised support:The aim is to simplify the benefits
system and avoid allowing people to become trapped into claiming one
specific source of funding rather than adjusting funding as their life
changes.This was something we did a lot of work on last year (see disablism
and Personalisation through Participation for example), so it's...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/Moreon20yeardisabilitystrategy
16) Who benefits?
Welfare reform looks set to become one of the most hotly debated topics of
the new parliamentary session, judging by the weekend's newspapers.
Yesterday's Observer reported on David Blunkett's plans to reform Incapacity
Benefit, with the new Work & Pensions Secretary insistent "that his plans
should not be seen as a threat to the disabled but as 'liberating' their
ambitions".Next week, Demos will be publishing Independent Living. The
report will examine the barriers to independent living faced...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/Whobenefits
17) The Demos Pamphlet Economy
I was just playing around with Amazon when I realised that there's a second
hand market developing for Demos pamphlets. disablism and The Long Game are
both going for ?5.76 rather than the standard ?10. You can of course
download them all for free from our website.
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/TheDemosPamphletEconomy
18) Odeon Schmodeon
So Matthew Somerville has been forced to take down his accessible version of
the Odeon Cinemas website. In my personal opinion it's a particularly stupid
decision by Odeon and I for one will be taking my film watching business
elsewhere in the future. The site (which I used to use quite regularly)
wasn't just better for disabled people who might use screen readers but was
just better full stop. It loaded quicker, had everything in the right place
and didn't crash your machine every two...
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/OdeonSchmodeon
19) Sophia Parker
Sophia has a specific interest in service design - looking at ways in which
public services such as education and health can be designed from the user
outwards.
http://www.demos.co.uk/people/sophiaparker
20) Sarah Gillinson
Sarah joined Demos as a researcher in March 2004 and works on public service
reform, concentrating on learning and disability policy.
http://www.demos.co.uk/items/2369
21) Paul Miller
Paul Miller is a Demos associate working with us on innovation,
organisational change and democratic renewal.
http://www.demos.co.uk/people/paulmiller
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