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Disability History Month
Posted by Mark Buckley on Fri 18/11/11. Listed in Disability Equality NW news
22nd November to 22nd December 2011
The Uk Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of our struggle for equality and human rights. The theme for this year will be “Celebrating Our Struggle for Equality”, in order to reflect on our history as disabled people and our struggle for our rights. This theme is also relevant to more current events such as; 'the March of the hardest hit' in May 2011, and the recent attacks on the rights, dignity and standards of living of disabled people in the UK.
Preston and Lancashire
Here in Preston we will be celebrating at our annual Disability and Carer's Festival on 2nd December at The Minster in central Preston (see Events). We will be presenting a "timeline" of disability and disabled people in Preston and Lancashire using resources collected from local historians, the stories of real disabled people and archive material from Lancashires Central Record office.
The UKDHM logo above is The Black Triangle.
This black triangle is worn by the men in the photo above - sewn to the left side of their shirts. Disabled people were forced to wear this symbol by the Nazis during the 'T4' Eugenics Programme; which was intended to eliminate them. Between 250,000-1 million were murdered by the Nazis' false hopes of building a 'master race'. The UKDHM Logo has taken this symbol, and in reclaiming our history we have reclaimed the symbol.
Visit UKDHM's website
The UKDHM website is the central platform to find out what events are going on around the UK and nearer you; find out the ways in which you can get involved; and access a number of exciting resources that they hope will inspire you to organize an event that is rooted in discovering our history.
UKDHM runs from 22nd November to 22nd December 2011. This covers HIV/AIDS Day (1st December), International Day of People with Disabilities (3rd Dec.) and International Human Rights Day (8th December).
Disabled people's history - Preston and Lancashire: a timeline
Tags: history, ukdhm, disabled-people's-history
