Crippen's Blog
Step into the irreverent world of disabled cartoonist Crippen aka Dave Lupton, who has been in the vanguard of disability arts movement for more years than he cares to mention. His work has appeared in mainstream press, on TV and film and is now probably the best Disabled cartoonist in the world!
14 September 2011
No conflict of interest here then?!
According to documents obtained by the Guardian newspaper, Cameron’s senior adviser on troubled families has set up a new partnership to bid for work under a programme to get 120,000 households...Comments: 7
2 September 2011
No future for the NHS?!
Recent legal advice given to 38 Degrees, the 'Save our NHS' campaign group, makes sobering reading. It states that the government’s changes to the NHS plans could pave the way for a shift...Comments: 3
16 August 2011
Another job for the boys?!
Now you see him, now you don't ... The CONDEM Coalition has replaced the disabled director of its Office for Disability Issues (ODI), Tim Cooper, with a non-disabled civil servant. Rumour has...Comments: 4
23 July 2011
Vision on!
Not wanting to be accused of venturing into Medical Model territory too much, I've hung back from providing too much detail about the various health issues that I've been experiencing...Comments: 7
16 June 2011
Making assisted suicide more accessible?!
A non-disabled friend of mine expressed suprise that not only was I unwilling to help him ensure that assisted suicide would be made fully accessible to disabled people, but that I was also very much...Comments: 19
4 June 2011
Deaf rock!
A non-disabled heavy metal fan seems to have met his match when stumbling into a debate being currently aired on the Pesky People blog. Having tried to establish just what arrangements had been made...Comments: 6
2 June 2011
Precautionary measures?!
It strikes me as strange that this government haven't safe-guarded themselves by keeping the police forces around the country happy. As more and more people take to the streets in protest against...Comments: 2
13 May 2011
Crippen reports on the 11th May protest
It was a tough decision for those disabled people who went on the anti-cuts march on Wednesday 11th May. Do they march and appear to be supporting the non-user led charities and organisations that...Comments: 18
21 April 2011
The Big Society Sucks!
The Big Society Sucks! - a poem by Ann Young I will not go quietly Or rebuild bridges burnt I'll make my own way now With many lessons learnt Hard work needs reward It's the only way A good...Comments: 7
16 April 2011
As funding cuts bite deeper
Following on from previous blogs where I've written about the funding cuts that are slowly but surely decimating our culture, two more disabled people led organisations fall to the axe this...Comments: 2
26 March 2011
Disability Arts and Corporate funding
As many of us will know, being a disabled artist and not allied to any group or organisation, it has always been extremely difficult to obtain funding. And those of us who produce work that has an...Comments: 2
18 March 2011
Disabled People United!
More and more disabled people are turning out for the various anti-cuts demonstrations that are taking place across the length and breadth of England and making their voices heard. And it looks as...Comments: 3
27 February 2011
Protect yourself on FaceBook
As many of you will be aware I've been experiencing malicious attacks on my FaceBook accounts over the past six months or so, which, by a strange co-incidence, is also the same amount of time I've...Comments: 3
21 February 2011
Crippen comments on Liz Carr's brilliant, gutsy speech at the People's Convention
I was recently privileged to see Liz Carr make a brilliant, gutsy speech at the People's Convention on 12th February 2011. She spoke from the heart on behalf of every disabled person facing the...Comments: 7
17 January 2011
Crippen's Tory Benefit Scam cartoon
Due to ill health Crippen has had to cut down his workload for the moment, including his regular postings on this blog. He's hoping to be back soon however and is looking forward to continuing the...Comments: 2
6 January 2011
Crippen says 2011 - bring it on!
Hi folks, here's hoping that you had a great holiday and are all fighting fit for 2011?! I'm just getting over man flu (second dose) so have been a bit lax with regard to posting here for a couple...Comments: 2
14 December 2010
Crippen looks to the arts for a different way to protest
A little while ago I did a round robin email to specific folks that I know who are concerned or who are involved in the cuts protests going on around the country. It seemed to me that we needed to...Comments: 22
8 December 2010
Crippen looks at providing Disability Equality Training to MPs
Do government ministers need disability equality training? "Do government ministers need disability equality training?" That was the question asked by a member of the public at an all...Comments: 6
6 December 2010
Crippen looks at a letter received from the Minister for Disabled people
The following letter was received by Caroline Lucas MP (Green Partry - Brighton Pavilion) when she wrote to the Minister of Disabled People on behalf of one of her disabled constituents. From...Comments: 39
29 November 2010
Crippen looks at the experience of protest gained by disabled people
A Day of Mourning for the Welfare State, Justice and Equality has been arranged to co-incide with the royal wedding on Friday 29th April, 2011 at 1400 hrs. This is just one of the expressions of...Comments: 6
22 November 2010
Crippen is confused about the sudden appearance of 7 billion pounds
Excuse me for seeming a little confused here, but hasn't the Prime Minister just been telling us how little money we have and that we're all going to have to tighten our belts and that Disabled...Comments: 8
16 November 2010
Crippen looks at compensation being paid to ALL detainees
UK citizens who were detained illegally at the US run Guantanamo prison in Cuba are to be paid millions of pounds compensation by the British Government. And quite right to. Innocent people being...Comments: 20
6 November 2010
Crippen looks at the new definition of the word ‘Fairness’
People who live in Residential Care Homes are clearly disabled by any definition and even the Sun, despite their current smear campaign aimed at disabled people (see last week’s blog)...Comments: 10
5 November 2010
Crippen is told that most Crips are not really disabled at all!
The Daily Mail, the Express and the Sun seem to have been competing in order to see which of them can persuade the most readers that the majority of Disabled people in the UK are not really disabled...Comments: 4
21 October 2010
Crippen reports on the slash and burn tactics of the ConDem’s
Opposition MP’s are using the term ‘slash and burn’ to describe the knee jerk reaction of the Coalition to the financial deficit that they claim to have inherited from Labour....Comments: 8