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Online exhibition celebrating 50 years of disability rights

Manchester histories have put together a fab digital collection of resources to celebrate:
If you visit the website you can look at a range of interesting contributions, such as these stories, creativity, views and histories from disabled people.
If you want to share any thoughts about what you read or how you feel disability rights have progressed, please tell us in the comments below.
"the 50th anniversary of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, pioneered by the late Lord Alf Morris, and 50 years of Disabled People Rights."
If you visit the website you can look at a range of interesting contributions, such as these stories, creativity, views and histories from disabled people.
If you want to share any thoughts about what you read or how you feel disability rights have progressed, please tell us in the comments below.
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I really don't feel like celebrating, Social Services have increased my Social Care charges to just under £50 per week, which I can I'll-afford. They say that I can live on the minimum level of income.
How would they like it if their income was suddenly reduced by £120 per month? This means that I now owe them hundreds of pounds, since the charges apply from around April 2020.
As a chronically ill and disabled person I feel totally devalued, expendable and undermined by my local Council. I am not assisted to live as "normal" a life as possible. I am constantly reminded how worthless my life is and left constantly struggling financially.
Although 50 years of disability rights is a cause for celebration, in many ways you show that there is still much progress to be made
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I've done that before and hated every second of it.
For want of a better word I want a normal job in the normal world.
Right now I don't feel as though I AM normal (define normal? Contrary to the rantings of the Daily Mail, disabled people aren't all workshy slaves to the benefit system)
Have you heard about Scope's Support to Work service? They aim to help disabled people find employment and can arrange a 12 week plan to support you:
Also, you are right normal doesn't exist and the scrounger narrative given to disabled people in some media outlets is harmful and untrue.
Wishing you lots of luck for the future and we are here to support you through this.
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