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 powers now held by the Court of Protection
There are growing concerns that under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 the Court of Protection has been handed sweeping powers without adequate scrutiny and openess. This departs from the...Comments: 10
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 looks at Vicky Wright's open letter to Frankie Boyle
I'm devoting this week's blog to directing you to another part of the Disability Arts Online web site. Following newspaper and television coverage about a series of crass and unfunny remarks that...Comments: 3
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 looks at MMR and Autism
I've recently been commissioned to produce some illustrations to accompany a talk on Autism. It seems that the various groups associated with Autism are now including most of the associated...Comments: 1
Crippen's introduction to the world of Asperger's Syndrome
I've started to create cartoons based upon people who have Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. This has mainly been due to the contacts that I've been making through Facebook and the new networks of...Comments: 5