Q&A | ‘The disability rights movement is presumed to have been small and niche, but it was huge’
Museums Association
David Hevey introduces a new digital archive dedicated to preserving the largely forgotten history of Britain's disability rights movement, which was previously overshadowed by its more visible arts counterpart. The National Disability Movement Archive and Collection aims to correct this historical omission by compiling oral histories, films, photographs, and ephemera from activists who fought for equal rights during the 1980s and 1990s.
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