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 looks at marginalised and invisible Disabled people
In a recent survey commissioned by Scope, almost half of those approached claimed that they didn't know any Disabled people! Now either they only count wheelchair users as being Disabled people and...Comments: 1
Crippen shares a link to Vince Laws' blog about Disability Pride
Disability Pride is an odd concept which seems to be quite difficult for many non-disabled people to grasp. I mean, why would be be proud of our impairments? Here's a link to Vince Laws' current...Comments: 2
Crippen receives a request for a labelling cartoon from Australia
I've recently received an email from a Disabled equality trainer in Australia asking if she could use some of my cartoons about labelling within her courses. She hadn't come across the concept before...Comments: 7
Crippen revisits his earlier postings regarding user-led involvement
Following the news relating to Local Authorities being advised by the Department of Health to give preference to tenders for services from User-Led Organisations (ULO's) it got me to thinking about...Comments: 3
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 looks at the changes of attitude being made towards User led Organisations
Sometimes when an old cynic like me thinks we are not making any progress and there’s too much of the same-old, same-old, I get a dig in the ribs and a reminder that us crips do occasionally...Comments: 9
Crippen looks at the reality of life in a residential home
Disabled activists, who campaign to raise awareness of those disabled people who are currently incarcerated in one of the many homes run and controlled by the big disability charities, are often...Comments: 8
Crippen looks at patronisation of Disabled people
Hi folks. I'm starting 2010 as I mean to go on; gloves off and more in your face then ever before! And my first question for this decade is: 'How much longer do we have to beat our heads against the...Comments: 7
Crippen is asked to look back over his work during 2009.
Our esteemed Editor Colin has invited the dao bloggers to look back over the past year and highlight some of the events that have crossed our keyboards. Never one to stick to a brief and usually...Comments: 5
Crippen looks at what Cast Offs has done for Disabled people in the UK
Most of you will have either seen it (or heard the audio description) or will have read about it. Either way, you'll have realised just what an impact the new Channel 4 series Cast Offs,...Comments: 8
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 adopts Lily Allen's Gay Rights anthem for us Crips
What with our recent rant about Charities and the Lily Allen song that's being adopted by Gay Rights activists in Manchester, I thought we crips should get in on the act ... sorry about the language...Comments: 15
Crippen asks Bob Williams-Findlay to share his experiences with the former Spastics Society
Following on from Bob Williams-Findlay’s comment last week about his experiences with the Spastics Society (now Scope), I invited him to write something for this week’s blog. “It...Comments: 7
Crippen looks at what charities are really doing for us
Contrary to public understanding, we Crips spend more time overcoming the negative effects we get from the various charities that claim to represent us, than we do benefiting from the services that...Comments: 15
Crippen's slant on Disabled Pride
I recently posted this cartoon on Facebook and received emails from all over the world in support of the message that it contained. It’s not a new concept and I’ve lost count of the cartoons...Comments: 1