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Written and presented by Liz Crow
Television broadcast, 3 minutes, January 1996
With captions, BSL interpretation and transcript
Channel 4’s ‘The Slot’ was a three-minute soapbox for members of the public, scheduled immediately after the Channel 4 news. Disability Discrimination Act: the wrong law was broadcast shortly after the DDA was given Royal Assent.
Contrary to the celebrations held by Scope 20 years later to mark the passing of the Act, the DDA was passed in 1995 after a long and bitter campaign by disabled people. Disabled people’s demand was for a comprehensive Civil Right Act which, despite significant public and parliamentary support, was repeatedly defeated in the House of Commons through filibustering by the Conversative government’s Minister for the Disabled Nicholas Scott.
The DDA (superseded by the Equality Act 2010), which was passed in its stead, was deeply flawed legislation that largely failed to deliver the legal protections so badly needed by disabled people.
To cite this page: Crow, Liz (1999) Disability Discrimination Act: the wrong law, The Slot, Channel 4 Television[online] [Available at: http://www.roaring-girl.com/work/the-slot/] [Accessed 11/10/2024]