Celebrating our history of collective action and transformative change
As part of UK Disability History Month and to celebrate International Day of Disabled People we are sharing this timeline of the DDPO movement over the last 40 years.
Celbrating our history: the timeline of Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) is the timeline of progress towards our equality and inclusion
We have tried to capture in this visual timeline, some but by no means all, of the influential DDPOs and campaigns over the last 40 years who together through activism, persistence, resilience and solidarity, have brought about real cultural, policy and legal progress towards our equality and inclusion.
Nobody handed these advances to us and especially not disability charities. We fought for them ourselves through our own self organization.
So much of what we have secured, shown in our timeline, is now being dismantled, hollowed out or under threat. How have we responded? By keeping going, by keeping self organizing.
But we must also take time to celebrate and share what we have achieved and continue to achieve. So please download the timeline and pass on.
- You can download the Timeline as an image here.
- You can download the Timeline as a word document here.
As part of UK Disability History Month and to celebrate International Day of Disabled People we are sharing this timeline of the DDPO movement over the last 40 years.
This is just a short snippet of progress towards our equality and inclusion. Swipe through to learn more! 😊
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