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Paul Hunt. Paul Hunt [1] (1937 – 1979) was an early disability rights activist and leader of disabled people's campaigns in the UK against residential institutions and for independent living. He was born on 9 March 1937 in Angmering, Sussex, with an impairment and he died aged 42 years in London, on 12 July 1979. His work and political ...
The Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) was an early disability rights organisation in the United Kingdom. It established the principles that led to the development of the social model of disability, wherein a sharp distinction is made between impairment and disability. From the organisation's policy statement: "What we ...
Matters came to a head in 1962 when a group of residents protested against rules curtailing their activities introduced by the Matron. Led by activists (and Le Court residents) Paul Hunt and Peter Wade, supported by the founder and sympathetic staff and trustees, the residents eventually prevailed.
Take a quick moment to do this check-in: Look at your Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok follows and ask yourself if any activists made the cut. How many of those accounts address ableism? Are they ...
Paul Hunt may refer to: Paul Hunt (academic) , British professor and Chief Commissioner of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission Paul Hunt (activist) (1937–1979), British disability rights activist
Pages in category "British disability rights activists" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Disability is the largest minority group in our country and the only one that anyone of us could find ourselves entering at any time, whether temporarily or permanently.
Activists for disability rights protested outside a state Department of Health and Human Services building most of Monday, even attempting to block exits at the end of the workday.