Organisations and Timelines
Disabled People Make History - Disabled People Against Cuts
This webpage shows disabled people’s accounts and media coverage of disabled people from the March Against Cuts organised by trade unions on 26 March 2011.
https://disabledpeopleprotest.wordpress.com
Disability History Scotland
Disability History Scotland advocates for the advancement of equality and diversity through the promotion of disability history, education and campaigning.
http://www.disabilityhistoryscotland.co.uk
UK Disability History Month (UKDHM)
From mid November to mid December, UK Disability History Month celebrates disabled people and our lives. Each year has a theme and resources are produced for the month.
https://ukdhm.org
“The Long and Winding Road A History of Disability and Disabled People”– a Timeline by Pete Millington
This timeline has a mix of legislation, medical changes, policy and disabled people’s activism from ancient times to around 2000. It was produced by Pete Millington, then of Disability West Midlands (since folded).
http://docplayer.net/35978069-The-long-and-winding-road-a-history-of-disability-and-disabled-people-edited-and-researched-by-peter-millington.html
Disabled People’s Movement - History Timeline
This timeline, by Disability Equality North West gives a general overview of some legislation and policy affecting disabled people plus organisations set up by and for disabled people. It particularly gives historical details for Lancashire and Yorkshire.
www.disability-equality.org.uk/history
Disability Arts Chronology
This timeline, produced by Shape Arts, shows some highlights of disability art from 1976 to 2003.
On the Shape Arts website: https://www.shapearts.org.uk/pages/faqs/category/disability-arts-chronology
As a PDF on the Leeds University Disability Studies Archive: https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/library/Sutherland-Chronology29.4.05-Word-intro-and-logo.wpd.pdf
History of Place – Accentuate UK
“The History of Place project was a Heritage Lottery Fund funded project that visited eight locations across the country to rediscover the lives, pictures and stories of disabled people.”
https://historyof.place
A History of Disability: from 1050 to the Present Day - Historic England
This is useful if you are interested in historic buildings, for example, leper houses, hospitals and asylums.
https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/
A Disability History Timeline – Mersey Care
A timeline produced by the NHS starting BCE (Before the Common Era). It is a downloadable document.
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/media/1749/disabiliyt-timeline-2013.pdf