Entries from February 2007

February 21, 2007

New BBC Drama featuring Disabled actors

A new, 10-part children’s series about a wheelchair basketball team is coming to CBBC.
Comedy-drama Desperados features a cast of disabled actors, and stars Paralympian and TV presenter Ade Adepitan as a coach searching for new talent to help his team stay in the league.
He told DN: “TV represents a cross-section of society, the black and [...]

February 20, 2007

Review of Tom Shakespeare’s new book

I hasten to add these are my own musings and not those of the disabled members council. I just thought to get people thinking about the issues Tom has raised, so don’t shoot the NUJ, shoot me!
Michael Morgan
DISABILITY RIGHTS AND WRONGS
Tom Shakespeare
Routledge, 2006
ISBN 10:0 – 415 – 34719 – X
Bert Massie of the DRC has [...]

February 19, 2007

Getting Better

As you see the website is getting better all the time and we hope to get more information coming in on jobs, training and anything of interest to disabled journalists. So if you’ve anything to put on this is the page to put it on. Just contact me at dmc@nuj.org.uk

February 15, 2007

Creating An Alternative Future

http://www.disabilityagenda.org