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Dear List members It is with the deepest regret that I have to report the loss of Jo Campling who died yesterday after several months living with cancer. Jo was one of the disabled people's movement's earliest and staunchest allies and supporters. She was especially influential in her own writing and also behind the scenes by bringing the work of disability activists and scholars to the fore through her involvement with organisations such as RADAR, the British Association of Social Work (BASW) and publishers Virago, Macmillan and the Policy Press. Her first two publications: 'Better Lives for Disabled Women' (1979) and 'Images of Ourselves; women with disabilities talking' (1981) provide a clear and accessible insight how disabled women were and remain economically, politically and socially disadvantaged in contemporary society. 'Better Lives' contains 11 short chapters covering many aspects of disabled women's lives including sexuality, motherhood and employment. 'Images of Ourselves' is as the tile suggests the unedited experiences of twenty four disabled women of various ages with a variety of impairments. In 1981 she organised a conference for the BASW and Central Council on the Education and Training of Social Work (CCETSW) entitled 'The Handicapped Person: a new perspective for social workers' with contributions from now familiar disabled activists and writers such as Merry Cross, Micheline Mason, Frankie Raiher, Pat Rock, and Mike Oliver which ushered in what we now know as the social model of disability. All of the above are as relevant today when they were first published. I am pleased and proud to say that thanks to Jo, that they are all freely available on the Disability Archive UK http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/index.html A truly remarkable woman Jo will be sorely missed by everyone that knew her. Colin As an editor for various publishers she has ensured that the work of disabled activists and writers were able to have their work published including Mike Oliver's (1983) innovative 'Social Work and Disabled People'. ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.