Commemorative Stamps: International Year of Disabled People 1981
Commemorative Stamps: International Year of Disabled People 1981
About The United Nations set 1981 as the International Year of Disabled People. These commemorative stamps, sold by Royal Mail, were designed by John Gibbs Description A presentation wallet of stamps. On the left, the outside of the wallet has a brown background with white writing: ‘The... read more »
Handcuff: ADAPT Protest, USA - 1998
About Non-violent Direct Action has been a necessary and important tactic used by disabled people to draw much needed media and government attention to our exclusion from many aspects of society. This half of a handcuff was used in October 1998, to attach a protestor... read more »
Collection Doll, Spastics Society
About This collection doll, which is about 3 feet, or 1 metre tall, was ‘borrowed’ by a GMCDP member from a street in Chester when they were doing a piece of work with young disabled people in that city. It was used to demonstrate the... read more »
T-shirt: Sameena & Kristine Must Stay
About This campaign was to stop the deportation of Sameena & Kristine, two young Deaf women of Romani descent who faced persecution if deported back to the Ukraine. Description A white T-shirt with the words ‘Sameena & Kristine must stay’ in black block capitals. Below these is... read more »
Badge: Rights for Disabled People Now!
About The Rights Now Group and campaign was launched in 1992 by the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People. It was a development from Voluntary Organisations for Anti-Discrimination Legislation, which began in the mid 1980s. 50 organisations of and for disabled people were in... read more »
T-shirt: Nothing About Us Without Us - DAN
About The Disabled People’s Direct Action Network, DAN, created a number of campaign t-shirts. This T-shirt is from their ‘Blair’s Blood’ protest against benefit cuts on 22 December 1997, in London at the Downing Street gates. Description A white T-shirt with three lines of writing in block... read more »
T-shirt: Deaf Power
About This Deaf Power T-shirt is from campaigns for Deaf People’s rights. There is a strong history of Deaf people campaigning for rights, promoting the value of, and pride in, Deaf people’s culture. Description A white T-shirt with an image in red. Two circles, one inside the other. The... read more »
3 Audio Cassette Tapes
About These three audio cassette tapes are from the 1990s. Although the music itself is not an artefact, the original cassette tapes are. Go to audio to hear a sample of Sue Napolitano and Ian Stanton. The cassette tapes are, from left to right: 'Choices and Rights’,... read more »