Monday
13:00-14:30
Black-E
Theatre
Fighting Disabled People's Exclusion
Outside Centre
The Conservative Government has created a hostile environment for disabled people and their families. What action is required to challenge the discriminatory practices that disabled people face? Join activists and parliamentarians to explore the ways disabled people are portrayed as a problem in society, how this contributes to their marginilisation and what the left can do about it.
Press coverage
Write-ups and recordings
Speakers
Miro Griffiths
Activist
Activist and academic on human rights, advisor to UK Government and European Commission
Dr Paul Darke
Academic, writer & cultural critic, Director of Outside Centre, and originator of Normality Theory
Julie Ward MEP
Politician
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Labour Party
Labour MEP for the North-West of England, member of the European Parliament’s Culture and Education Committee and link MEP for UNCRPD
Simon McKeown
Artist
Award-winning and internationally exhibiting artist with a focus on disability arts
Dr Janet Price
Campaigner
Feminist disabled campaigner working on issues of sexuality, disability and social justice, Honorary Fellow at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
