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Block Telethon: A Summary by Kirstie Stage
The Block Telethon protests of 1990 and 1992 marked two pivotal points in British disability activism. Led by disabled people, including groups such as Rights Not Charity, Block Telethon was a campaign against the charity fundraiser Telethon. The television programme, which was initially launched... read more »
Article: 'Laying the Ghost of Welfare Paternalism' by Ken Davis (c. 1990)
About the Series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: 'Defining the Disabled Underclass' by Ken Davis (date unknown)
About the Series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: 'What to do?' by Vic Finkelstein (2000)
About the Series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: 'Mainstreaming - The Necessity of Republicanism' by Dick Leaman (1996)
About the series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Articles: 'Service Brokerage Parts 1 & 2' by Ken Lumb & 'Service Brokerage - Power to the Pedlars' by Ken Davis (1989)
About the Series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: Dick Leaman - The Commodity of Care (1990)
About this Series The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: Ken Lumb - Telethon, Connecting the Means to the Ends (1992)
About the Series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: 'Rights or Charity, The Future of Welfare' by Ken Davis (1993)
About This Series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer... read more »
Article: ‘The Politics of Independent Living – Keeping the Movement Radical’ by Ken Davis (1984)
About the series: The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) formed in September 1972, after Paul Hunt wrote letters to different newspapers and magazines asking disabled people to help set up a new organisation. Hunt first suggested that this should be a ‘consumer group’... read more »