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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 _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk/ ________________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). 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