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Arts events for people with disabilities: beyond the underwater wheelchair
I asked on Twitter for some tips about arts projects by, for and involving people with disabilities. Here are some that didn’t make my piece Today’s G2 has a large preview of next year’s arts events . I wrote a short piece for it about the many exciting-sounding arts events for, by and involving people with disabilities
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Arts events for people with disabilities: beyond the underwater wheelchair
Don’t blow Paralympics budget on opening ceremony
Disabled people are excited about the Paralympics in 2012. But they would rather have money to eat than watch a couple of ceremonies The results of a recent survey by disability charity Scope suggested that many disabled people think that the Paralympic Games are a waste of money. When I first read this, I was more than a little surprised
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Don’t blow Paralympics budget on opening ceremony
Merge Paralympics with Olympics, say 65% of disabled Britons
Combined tournaments would mean disabled athletes being taken more seriously, according to majority of those polled Almost two-thirds of disabled people want the Paralympics scrapped and merged with the Olympics, a survey has shown. Support for such a move is backed by 65% of disabled people and 62% of parents of disabled children, according to a poll for the charity Scope . More than half of all Britons polled, including those without disabilities, said combining the Olympics and Paralympics would help disabled athletes to be taken more seriously and improve society’s views about disabled people
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Paralympics: disabled travellers lament lack of access at tube and bus stations
London transport is ‘getting worse’ in the runup to the 2012 Games and could turn legacy claims into an embarrassment Iman Saab has just been left behind by a London bus that she needed to take because her two nearest underground stations are inaccessible to her. After 20 minutes, another half-empty bus arrives but once again she is unable to board. The reason
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Wheelchair racers set new record in the Tyne Tunnel’s annual spectacular
Athletes power to 50mph underground as the North East revels in its big weekend of sport The Great North Run was another excellent spectacular at the weekend, with a new record for the overall winner and Newcastle’s Lord Mayor Geoff O’Brien pounding along, the last mile barefoot to raise the profile of his chosen charity, Islamic Relief . There was also respectful silence from the 54,000 participants, and thousands of spectators, as the Red Arrows streaked overhead
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Wheelchair racers set new record in the Tyne Tunnel’s annual spectacular
Disability hate crime begins with verbal abuse
The horrific death of Gemma Hayter shows why we must challenge the abuse that disabled people receive every day Gemma Hayter died naked and alone after being tortured and brutalised. Her killers were known to her
