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Event - Disability History Month Celebration - JOY! Thurs 4th December 2025, 12-4pm

The Disabled People's Archive (DPA) and North West Film Archive (NWFA) are hosting a free, disabled-led event to celebrate UK Disability History Month and...

Central Library Showcase Exhibition, October 2024 - January 2025

The Disabled People’s Archive held an exhibition at Manchester Central Library in the display cases on the ground floor near the café. This was...

Celebrating UPIAS's 50th Anniversary

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS), we have made a number of formerly out-of-print articles...

A Tribute to Maggie Davis

At GMCDP and the Disabled People's Archive we were greatly saddened to hear of the recent death of Maggie Davis (also known as Maggie...

A Tribute to Joe Whittaker

Joe Whittaker, a longstanding member of GMCDP and activist for equality and inclusion for disabled people, particularly in the field of education, died in...

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...

Article: Ken Lumb - Telethon, Connecting the Means to the Ends (1992)

Celebrating UPIAS's 50th Anniversary: Part 4

Article: 'Rights or Charity, The Future of Welfare' by Ken Davis (1993)

Celebrating UPIAS’s 50th Anniversary: Part 3