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 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 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 posts his favourite christmas card cartoon
This time of year I'm often asked to produce cartoons for christmas cards for the many groups and organisations of Disabled people throughout the UK. This year however, there's been a noticeable...Comments: 5
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 continues the theme about the current lack of funding …
Ok, I take the point from Richard Downes (last blog comments) that by only blaming the 2012 Olympics for the current lack of funding is being a bit simplistic, but I still hold to the belief that...Comments: 2
Crippen looks at the current disability arts funding crisis (again!)
I’m hearing from groups and organisations of Disabled people who are continuing to have problems with fund raising. Some of this funding relates to events, performances and exhibitions that are...Comments: 10