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!
Mine field
Those of you who’ve read my e-books will know that I’m not backward in coming forward when it comes to lambasting this Government with regard to its continued involvement in the American Iraq war...Comments: 0
23 May 2008
Respect
Here’s your chance folks, and right on the tail of this week's cartoon (they make it too easy for me don’t they!). The human rights watchdog is calling on Disabled people to tell them ‘if they...Comments: 0
Non human?!
It’s official, according to the UK Government, Disabled people are not really Human! Some of you will probably have seen a copy of the press statement put out by the United Nations Convention...Comments: 0
19 May 2008
Sad news
I’ve just received the very sad news that Disabled Solicitor and Disability Rights advocate Sue Maynard (Campbell) has died. Most of you will know that she had been in intensive care since the...Comments: 0
19 May 2008
Access
Don't forget. if you want to see a larger image and get a written description for use by your text recognition software, then just click on the cartoon and it will change for you.
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Rubber stamped
Not everything pro-disability gets rubber stamped by the House of Lords. Take last year, for example, when they ruled that older and disabled people placed in independent care homes by local...Comments: 1
12 May 2008
Joint Research
The charity Comic Relief and the government department for social care have just announced that they are starting a joint research initiative to investigate the dignity and safety of older people...Comments: 0
12 May 2008
Sue Maynard
I've just heard that Sue Maynard is currently in intensive care in her home town of Wakefield and is extremely poorly. Sue, a disabled solicitor and MD of Equal Ability has been at the forfront...Comments: 0
Frustrating
Our old mate Jack Ashley is still plugging away at getting his Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill through the necessary readings in the House of Commons. The Bill was passed by the Lords last...Comments: 0
5 May 2008
Human Rights
Bet you didn't know that the United Nations (UN) Convention, adopted by the UN’s General Assembly back in 2006, came into effect a couple of days ago on the third of May. The...Comments: 0
Friday, May 2nd 2008
May already. Where does the time go? Only seemed like last week that we were deciding what to do for christmas! It's supposed to mean a sign of aging when time starts to resemble a runaway train...Comments: 2