By s.e. smith on 5 July, 2010
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) recently announced that it is conducting an inquiry into disability hate crimes, on the basis of research demonstrating that people with disabilities are much more likely to experience hate crimes than nondisabled people. There have been several high profile cases of bullying and abuse leading to deaths in [...]
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By s.e. smith on 5 July, 2010
Currents in the Mainstream – Where are we going? 22nd September, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Confirmed speakers include Dr Paul Darke1 and Deborah Williams 2. Disability images of the 1980s and 1990s have received significant critical attention, but there has been little work to date on the development of disability imagery [...]
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By Ouyang Dan on 5 July, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
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