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ADAPT's long climb towards equality
On 1 May, the US campaigning organisation ADAPT celebrates its 25th birthday. Activist and singer-songwriter Alan Holdsworth, aka Johnny Crescendo, founder of the UK’s Disabled People’s Direct Action Network and an ADAPT member since 1993, describes ADAPT’s huge influence on the rights movement
A ticket to write
Journalist Linn Martinussen has had to fight the system in Norway to establish a career in journalism
On a roll to the Oval Office
The presidential race isn’t just Republicans vs Democrats. lndependent candidate Frank Moore wants to become the first disabled president since Roosevelt
No tickets to work
The United States has a reputation for leading the rest of the world when it comes to disability rights, but the reality is somewhat different, says Robin Wenz
Care Kenyan-style
Despite widespread poverty, Kenyan society manages to find ways to support disabled people to live independently, says Juliet Barnes
China’s rocky road to rights
83 million disabled people may appear to have rights, but Stephen Hallett says repression lurks just beneath the surface.