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The Reunion - Disability Campaigners Reunited After 30 Years

18 April 2016 by Volunteer Placement

In the 1980s, a new generation of disabled people started challenging society and the Government, saying it was society that prevented them from actively participating in a fuller working and social life. Joining Sue MacGregor around the table in this BBC Radio 4 program to look back on what was dubbed “the last civil rights movement” are Baroness Jane Campbell, who was arrested during campaigning; Sir Bert Massie who was accused of being an “Uncle Tom” when he started working with the Government and Peter White who, as the BBC’s Disability Correspondent, had a front row seat on the campaign. To read more or to listen to the program, click here.

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