Recently the Chancellor said that she “can’t leave welfare untouched” during this Parliament. To me this translates into plain English as ‘I must attack disabled people’. Let us remember that the mantra of this Labour Government, especially the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, was that Labour want to help and support disabled people into work. However, the Government is launching an attack on the Motability Scheme where she is looking at axing £1 billion in support to the s

From 20th November to 20th December, we recognise Disability Awareness Month - a time to amplify the voices, experiences, and strengths of people living with disabilities. As a Black woman with hidden disabilities, I choose to speak openly, not because I am seeking sympathy, but because visibility and understanding matter. I live with fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and an underactive thyroid, among other conditions. These illnesses deeply affect my mobility, my energy, and my

Did you know that Disability History Month starts TODAY - Thursday 20th November? The theme of this year’s Disability History Month is Disability, Life and Death. You may ask, ‘What is Disability History Month?’ To put it simply Disability History Month is the celebration of disabled people throughout history. Through the All4Inclusion blog I am going to share a little with you about disability history and then, as a deaf person, I will include a strong emphasis on deaf histo

Yesterday I was reading a book called Scapegoat – why we are failing disabled people by Katharine Quarmby. This book highlights the...

In an earlier blog I made the point that much of deaf history is merged into the history of disability generally. Having said that I have...

To Celebrate Disability History Month All4Inclusion have published biographies of ‘Disability Champions’ – some living, some now passed....

Tanni Grey-Thompson is best known as a Paralympian but in more recent years she has become a respected campaigner on making public...

Can I start by asking you to tell us a little about yourself? I'm Lady Omolola Oyewusi, the COO and founder of Magdalene ministry,...

Today we publish the latest of our 5-Minute interviews celebrating Disability History Month. Today we are talking to Njaimeh Mboge who...

Today we publish the latest 5-minute interview to celebrate Disability History Month. Dan Smith is a Unite the Union Rep; Trainer,...

Baroness Jane Campbell has fought for equal rights for disabled people for as long as she can remember – from challenging special school...

I’m sure that it will not be a surprise to anyone that last week that the UCU Disabled members Conference debated the new Labour...

I think that most people have heard of Helen Keller. I first heard a little about her when I was at school, and it is an interesting...

At the UCU Disabled Members Conference last Thursday we had an informed debate on the deepening crisis in Special Educational Needs...

To celebrate Disability History Month All4Inclusion have been conducting 5-minute interviews with disabled people who are disability...

So why is there a special day for disabled people, and when did it start? The short answer to that question is that we want to...

Benjamin Ormond Purse              (29 August 1874 – 31 March 1950)   Benjamin Ormond Purse  was born in  Salford , Lancashire on 29...

On the eve of the parliamentary debate on the Assisted Suicide Bill, the disabled members of UCU, the lecturers trade union, debated the...

Sean was a well-known and respected both within the Trade Union movement and the Disability movement The former Assistant General...

Since I originally published this post my colleague, Danielle from the West Midlands, who last month read out the letter from Phil at the...