{"id":4295,"date":"2025-11-20T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/?p=4295"},"modified":"2025-12-11T19:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:02:25","slug":"disability-history-month-launches-with-focus-on-assisted-suicide-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/2025\/11\/20\/disability-history-month-launches-with-focus-on-assisted-suicide-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability History Month launches with focus on assisted suicide bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disability History Month<\/a> has launched today across the UK, aiming to highlight the historical achievements and ongoing challenges of disabled communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s theme, disability life and death, focuses on opposing the current draft legislation on assisted death, which campaigners allege challenges Article 10<\/a> of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 20 November to 20 December, organisations including Not Dead Yet<\/a> will share resources demonstrating the impact of sidelining disabled people in national discussions. 

<\/strong>Baroness Jane Campbell, a disabled crossbench peer and lifelong campaigner, said: \u201cMost people in Parliament don\u2019t live like us; the predominant voice is that we have a right to die. They do not consider, even for a minute, that we are still struggling for the right to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of us become susceptible to dark thoughts of a quick solution rather than fight for the access which is essential to our happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campaigner protesting against bill (Credit: Not Dead Yet) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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UK Disability History Month 2025 poster (Credit: Richard Riser)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over 300 UK Disabled People\u2019s Organisations have criticised the bill for devaluing disabled lives and coercing those impacted by the health and care funding crisis to choose death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The month-long event will highlight a need to improve, not end, disabled lives through better healthcare access, social support, and representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Riser, coordinator of UK Disability History Month, said: \u201cHuman beings can be inclusive of disabled people but may need guidance to recognise their prejudice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough the efforts of the Disabled People\u2019s Movement, humanity learned that it is the barriers created by society that disable. This month is about challenging disabling attitudes that persist and ensuring disabled people are provided the adjustments they need.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Sheffield, Support Dogs<\/a> shows how practical support can make a measurable difference, providing life-changing assistance dogs to help adults with physical disabilities maintain independence and safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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