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 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 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 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 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 looks at the latest round of government cuts in relation to Disabled people
Oh dear it's started. The slow but sure slide into a reduction in pretty well... well, everything! Starting with the reduction in posts within the Civil Service, which means that whenever a Civil...Comments: 9
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 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 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 continues the debate around assisted killing (Mercy Killing)
"I just received a furious message from actor Nabil Shaban, best known to the public for playing Sil in Dr Who. Nabil is better known amongst activists as a ferocious advocate against war and...Comments: 10
Crippen looks at the continued horror of life for disabled people in Afghanistan
My on-line work takes me to areas all around the world where I'm asked to create images of disabled people facing oppression in all of its many forms and manifestations. Most of us in the West may be...Comments: 4
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 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 looks at the proposal to introduce ID cards for disabled people
Identity cards for Disabled people with hidden impairments are being tried out in Nottinghamshire. If successful, the idea is to launch the scheme nationwide. There are some obvious advantages for...Comments: 9
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 reality of BNP politics
An article caught my eye earlier today which contained the following quote from Counsellor Pat Richardson, leader of the BNP group on the Essex council. This follows a kidnapping at knife point of a...Comments: 2
Crippen provides some political links
There’s usually a lot happening within the world of Cripdom; Disabled people around the world continue to struggle against the apartheid that still exists, despite new laws that have been passed to...Comments: 0
Crippen gives a heads up about the appearance of Liz Crow on the Trafalgar Square plinth
Our Disabled sister and fellow artist Liz Crow appeared on the Anthony Gormley plinth in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 8th August at 2200 hrs. And as promised, she presented a dignified but powerful...Comments: 9
Crippen brings your attention to the closure of the last wind turbine blade manufacturer in the UK
Many of us green crips are spreading the word as far and as wide as possible about the closure of the VESTAS factory on the Isle of Wight. This not only means the loss of 600 jobs to the Island (a...Comments: 0
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
Crippen illustrates Jane Campbell's comment about Disabled people being like canaries
... as Alun Davies, Head of the EHRC Disability Committee resigns along with Commissioner Ben Summerskill of Stonewall (also due to differences with the way in which Trevor Phillips Chairs the...Comments: 0