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's cartoon about Children in Need
25 November 2009

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...

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Crippen's cartoon about Lily Allen's Gay Right's anthem
16 November 2009

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...

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Crippen's cartoon about the proposed ID card for disabled people
8 November 2009

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...

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Crippen's cartoon about cerebral palsy and sexual repression
2 November 2009

Crippen asks Bob Williams-Findlay to share his experiences with the former Spastics Society

Following on from Bob Williams-Findlay’s comment last week about his experiences with the Spastics Society (now Scope), I invited him to write something for this week’s blog. “It...

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