About

We are committed to the ‘social approach’ to disability, rather than the ‘medical approach’. People with impairments are disabled by the barriers they face in every day life – such as inaccessible communication formats, people’s attitudes or inaccessible buildings – not by the way minds and bodies work. This approach has now been adopted as good practice by central government, Sheffield City Council and NHS Sheffield as well as internationally.

Our aims are to work in partnership with disabled people and the wider community to:

• Promote inclusive living

• To campaign for equality and complete control

• To co-produce innovative solutions to the barriers disabled people face

We will achieve our aims by:

• Campaigning for change through strengthening the voice of disabled people

• Widening our reach to disabled people through increasing our individual membership base and developing our networks with other organisations and disabled peoples groups

• Developing and delivering services which promote inclusive living – and promote good practice across Sheffield and nationally