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!

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27 February 2009

Getting there

I caught the end of a radio show the other day where the presenter was trying to generate some controversial response from his listeners about the young Disabled TV presenter, Cerrie Burnell....

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20 February 2009

Large print building code option

An article advising about the new building standards code BS8300 that is ready for release later this month explains how the built environment can be designed to anticipate, and overcome,...

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pa cartoon
20 February 2009

Rumpy Pumpy

Suddenly disability and sex is everywhere on the web. A recent full length article in the Sunday Times covers everything from new legislation for sex workers, and how this will affect Disabled...

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leeches cartoon
13 February 2009

Who pulls the strings?

A little while ago, I was invited to supper with some friends and was introduced to a young couple who were employed by one of those charities that claim to represent us. Realising that my friend...

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6 February 2009

Legal History

In the first ruling of its kind, and securing an historic legal victory for Disabled people in the UK, a judge has ordered a major bank in Sheffield to install a lift so that people unable to access...

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