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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 ...
Paul Hunt (activist) (1937–1979), British disability rights activist Paul Hunt (footballer) (born 1970), former Forest Green Rovers player Paul Hunt (gymnast) , American gymnastics coach
NDACA is influenced by the social model of disability, looking at the role of disability art relating to the disability rights movement within the UK. [2] It contains a range of artwork, including painting, sculpture, textiles and more, [3] much of which is protest art campaigning about the treatment of disabled individuals at the time. [4]
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Grateful Life holds these trials, what the staff calls “Community,” several times per week. Each session can last as long as two hours. For all but the newly admitted, attendance is mandatory. On this day, the men took seats along a wall in mismatched chairs. The room was painted a dull hue — what one staffer called “anxiety-inducing ...
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