Parade in Preston, Lancashire

What is Disability Pride?

What is Disability Pride? Disability Pride is about disabled people celebrating their lives and place in the world. Like other equalities and cultural groups disabled people often celebrate pride events in public, showing off their diversity, being proud of who they are. Disability pride is a central part of disabled people’s movements and poses a…

Woman is sat at home with carer

What is Independent Living?

What is independent living? ‘Independent Living’ is a philosophy and a movement of disabled people who work for self-determination, equal opportunities, and self-respect. Independent living is not… Independent Living does not mean that we want to do everything by ourselves and do not need anybody or that we want to live in isolation. Independent living…

Man in wheelchair using his laptop

Understanding Disability

The social model of disability Disability Equality NW is for all disabled people and exists to provide services which help disabled people live independently. Our understanding of the Social Model is described here: Understanding disability Disability is not a straightforward thing to understand. There are many different words associated with it and many ways of describing…