Crippen's Blog
Step into the irreverent world of disabled cartoonist Crippen aka Dave Lupton, who has been in the vanguard of disability arts movement for more years than he cares to mention. His work has appeared in mainstream press, on TV and film and is now probably the best Disabled cartoonist in the world!
Crippen takes a cynical look at the use of bounty hunters to roundup benefit cheats
A recent survey shows that society has completely fallen for the latest piece of CONDEM misinformation that millions of pounds are being claimed fraudulently, especially those...Comments: 5
Crippen's work with Disability Cornwall and the Discover magazine
One of the groups of Disabled people I enjoy producing artwork for are the editorial team of Discover magazine, the ‘voice’ of disabled people in Cornwall and the quarterly...Comments: 5
Crippen receives a well deserved honour?!
Back from a three week break which has included a visit to Belfast's Disability Arts Forum (of which, more to follow) Crippen resumes his blog with news from the West country. I've had what...Comments: 14
Crippen and the rogue accessible vehicle converters
Our old friend George is carrying a useful piece of advice in his current blogspot which relates to the sorts of underhand techniques that some sales persons resort to when selling to Disabled...Comments: 2
Crippen looks at the offer for schools to change their status to that of an Academy
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, is writing to all primary and secondary schools in England inviting them to become Academies and therefore independent of local authority control. This could...Comments: 4
Crippen takes a cynical look at the change of language
Has anyone else noticed that having adopted our social model language, the big charities and government departments have started to twist the wording around so that the 'problem' is back with us...Comments: 11
Crippen exposes the first hurdle in the tendering for social care process
All this business about opening the tendering process for Social Care Commissioning to groups and organisations of Disabled people has brought in some interesting mails from fellow crips who have...Comments: 6
Crippen looks at the access being created for the Olympic games
I've created so many cartoons over the years regarding the bottomless pit called the 2012 Olympics. Bottomless insofar as any and all available funding is being systematically sucked into its gaping...Comments: 3
Crippen asks what's behind the apology given to survivors of thalidomide
Fifty years after the one of the worst disasters in medical history, hundreds of survivors of the thalidomide scandal have finally got an apology from the government and a new £20 million...Comments: 1
Crippen looks at the access problems of Kidderminster railway station
Members of Disability Action Wyre Forest (DAWF) are angry at the fact that the lifts to the recently built footbridge at Kidderminster Railway Station are only open between 6am and 7pm, effectively...Comments: 3
Crippen looks at the gatekeeping imposed by some disability professionals
Having been in a similiar situation myself, I empathised with an email I received the other day relating a story about a sadistic Occupational Therapist (OT). The bottom line was that the crip in...Comments: 6
Crippen has a few things to say about BBC's Children in Need
Unfortunately, due to problems with t'internet I'm a bit late with this cartoon which was intended to come out during the recent Children in Need event on BBC Radio and TV. Still, better late than...Comments: 3
Crippen looks at the reality of access in Afghanistan
I recently received a message from Fahim Khairy who writes about the conditions for Disabled people in Afghanistan. “In the third world countries, as example in Afghanistan where I came from,...Comments: 5