disability-history-timeline-2013

Achievements of disability rights campaignersDAN is part of the UK disabled people’smovement, and its activities are guided bythe social model of disability.1995The struggle for the rights of disabledpeople in Southern Africa takes a giantstep forward with the election andappointment to parliament, for the firsttime in the history of the region, of twodisabled women leaders in South Africaand Zimbabwe.1996in the social care field and a campaignerand adviser for disability rights.The work of NCIL is pivotal in changing thelandscape of services for disabled people.2011Launch of the ‘Hardest Hit’ campaign,organised jointly by the Disability BenefitsConsortium and the UK Disabled People’sCouncil. It lobbies the government aboutthe impact of welfare cuts. Around 8,000disabled people march on Parliamentin May.The National Centre for Independent Living(NCIL) is co-founded by Baroness JaneCampbell DBE of Surbiton, an active leader22