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 accuses the CONDEMs of having blood on their hands
I recently created some cartoons for the Disabled people's anti-benefit cuts campaign group 'Black Triangle'. The plan is to load a different cartoon every few days onto their web site on the build...Comments: 1
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 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 reports on his recent visit to the Arts and Disability Forum, Belfast
If like me, you've never visited Northern Ireland, take my advice and go there immediately! I arrived at Belfast's International terminal to discover an oasis...Comments: 0
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 muses on the attacks on Disabled people by the CONDEMs
I have been musing on the attacks on Disabled people's day to day lives that this CONDEM coalition have already started making and watching with interest ways in which crips are grouping to try to...Comments: 3
Crippen points out the ridiculousness of a proposal for a tv show that celebrities pretend to be disabled
Rumours have been circulating about a TV programme that would enable celebrities to aquire an impairment for a week in order to see what it's like to be disabled (I kid you not!). It now turns out...Comments: 8
Crippen posts a copy of an email received from Bob Williams-Findlay regarding the attack on the DLA
I'm using this week's blog to reproduce an email circulated by Bob Williams-Findlay regarding the attack by this government on Disabled people who are...Comments: 9
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 looks at the recent comment made by Jane Campbell about the assisted suicide debate
The following is an extract from Baroness Jane Campbell's recent comment in the Guardian. "Disabled and terminally ill people have had to deal with fear, prejudice and discrimination since the...Comments: 6
Crippen gives a heads up about the up-coming D.A.N demonstration
On Wednesday the 16th June the Disabled people's Direct Action Network (D.A.N) will take to the streets in solidarity with the National Day of Action against the dismantling of the Welfare...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 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 shares some thoughts and poetry from Deaf Bitch
I’ve had some correspondence recently with a colleague known in crip circles as Deaf Bitch. Her shared insights into Deaf culture have helped me to understand a great deal about the many forms...Comments: 5
Crippen looks at coping with the copers
Crippen is currently in the UK meeting up with his many contacts in the world of cripdom and gathering fresh material for this cartoon blog and other projects that he has underway. He'll be back...Comments: 6
Crippen discovers a very non-social model gender identity process
By coincidence I've had a couple of messages from Disabled people who are going through the gender identity process. One is at the stage of applying for an operation...Comments: 3
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 receives disturbing news from Northern Ireland
I have been getting some rather disturbing messages from Gay Disabled friends in Northern Ireland in relation to a recent conference promoting 'conversion therapy'. This is the process where people...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 takes a look at the forthcoming general election
It's that time again and Disabled people are being asked to consider who we think will actually commit to an effective strategy regarding access and the removal of those barriers within society that...Comments: 4
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 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 for a cartoon about 'Normality Training' for Disabled people
Every now and then something catches my eye and I think, I've got a cartoon about that ... somewhere! It was the same with an article that I was reading in a local paper someone had sent me from...Comments: 3