Labour Research Disability Findings

Only 24% of adults with long-term mental health problems have jobs, the lowest employment rate for any of the main groups of disabled people. This is what Roisin Woolnough discovered researching for an article - Fighting the fear factor - in the February 2007 edition of Labour Research. Her report is based on her reading [...]

Disability Handbook Launched

It’s a cracker! That’s the verdict on the NUJ’s new Disability Handbook by those who have seen it. Produced in hard copy as a glossy, A4 size booklet, the handbook consists of twenty-nine pages of information on journalism and disability, covering subjects such as disabled members in the workplace, disability and the law, union activity [...]

Results of Disabled Members Survey

The National Union of Journalists’ Disabled Members Council (DMC) has released details of a survey of union members which shows that a worrying 31% of disabled NUJ-member journalists are ‘long term’ unemployed.
DMC Chair Stephen Brookes said: “This is a serious problem which shows that the lack of disability representation and journalism in newsrooms will do [...]

OK Joke Over…..

Well, OK, that last post was only half a joke. I didn’t notice that the date for submissions had expired, so sorry about all that, he says tugging his forelock….

Culture! Disability! Talent! International Film Festival

SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival Calls for Submissions: Your Opportunity to Contribute to Disability Culture
Superfest, the world’s longest-running juried international disability film festival, is seeking your entry for submission to our 27th film competition. Superfest is the primary international showcase for cutting-edge films that portray disability culture and experience in all its diverse, complex, and [...]