Wow! Thank you so much for this awesome overview of UK disability. I will now have many happy hours clicking around and getting the picture.
I'd already encountered Mind's and Scope's very smart PR campaigns. (I'm sorry you're able to be an "actual victim.") I adored Ouch before it became a regular news show; in fact I'd point my comrades to it as an example of cross-disabilty solidarity.
I followed some of your links to DR-UK; their neoliberal position made my jaw drop. With the capsule background you supply here, I can imagine how conflicting it is for an organization with "disability rights" in the title to be government funded—especially by this government.
Then again, that's a constant push-pull in our sector, since for so long our needs, education, transport etc have been under the government domain. The US's P&A network distributes Federal money to 50 states for public disability-specific law agencies. They file lawsuits in severe cases of our rights being squashed. (They couldn't begin to handle all the possible lawsuits.) There's a lot of paperwork attached to the money, but the Feds can't override a P&A's actions.
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Date: 2014-09-27 08:46 pm (UTC)I'd already encountered Mind's and Scope's very smart PR campaigns. (I'm sorry you're able to be an "actual victim.") I adored Ouch before it became a regular news show; in fact I'd point my comrades to it as an example of cross-disabilty solidarity.
I followed some of your links to DR-UK; their neoliberal position made my jaw drop. With the capsule background you supply here, I can imagine how conflicting it is for an organization with "disability rights" in the title to be government funded—especially by this government.
Then again, that's a constant push-pull in our sector, since for so long our needs, education, transport etc have been under the government domain. The US's P&A network distributes Federal money to 50 states for public disability-specific law agencies. They file lawsuits in severe cases of our rights being squashed. (They couldn't begin to handle all the possible lawsuits.) There's a lot of paperwork attached to the money, but the Feds can't override a P&A's actions.
Thanks again for the nummy list.