{"id":7628,"date":"2022-10-31T08:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2022-11-16T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:20:03","slug":"disabled-peoples-ongoing-fight-for-rights-detailed-in-new-peoples-history-museum-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/disabled-peoples-ongoing-fight-for-rights-detailed-in-new-peoples-history-museum-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled people’s ongoing fight for rights showcased in People’s History Museum exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nothing About Us Without Us<\/em>, a landmark exhibition detailing disabled people\u2019s fight for rights, is launching at the People\u2019s History Museum.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ed Hall’s Disabled People Fight Back banner (2015): Image: People’s History Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition will open on 16 November to mark the first day of UK Disability History Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will present the past, present and future of disabled people\u2019s rights, featuring protest material collected from disabled activists and campaigns across the decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ongoing fight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Organisers of Nothing About Us Without Us<\/em> say it challenges the long-held cultural attitude that disabled people should be pitied and emphasise the ongoing fight for disabled people\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piece from Dolly Sen’s pity challenging campaign Help the Normals <\/em>(2012): Image: People’s History Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the works since 2018, the exhibition was brought together by community curators Anis Akhtar, Hannah Ross, Ruth Malkin and Alison Wilde, who all identify as disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I want people to build a picture of the history of Disabled People\u2019s Movement and go away with an understanding of disability activism’<\/p>Anis Akhtar<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Malkin said she wanted the exhibition to have real impact: \u201cPeople coming to the exhibition will get a sense of the incredible disabled people past and present who have tirelessly campaigned and raised awareness to make life better for all disabled people both now and for the future\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anis Akhtar added: \u201cI want people to come and celebrate, to build a picture of the history of Disabled People\u2019s Movement and to go away with an understanding of disability activism past, present and future\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition launches after Greater Manchester’s Disabled People\u2019s Panel <\/a>has found disabled people are still experiencing significant inequality and suffering disproportionately from the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@??? @Keir_Starmer<\/a>@EdwardJDavey<\/a> @carla_denyer<\/a> @AdrianRamsay<\/a>@NorwichChloe<\/a> @ClaireCoutinho<\/a>@JonAshworth<\/a> @vickyfoxcroft<\/a> @BnsJaneCampbell<\/a> @Tanni_GT<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/13UN15VplJ<\/a><\/p>— Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (@GMCDP) October 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>