I think I’ll just flag this short bbc piece marking twenty years of the DDA. Since the Disability Discrimination act was passed, the lives of people with disabilities have improved beyond measure. It was a first, vital step towards equality; and my generation of crips certainly owes a hell of a lot to the one before it. Before the DDA, people like myself weren’t even allowed into cinemas – our wheelchairs were ‘fire hazards’ – let alone allowed to study film at university. Yet, as I learned on Tuesday, there is still a hell of a long way to go; much of the progress made by the pioneers of twenty years ago and the ones after is now being undone by the insults to humanity currently running the country. Thus there is still more work to do, more freedoms to fight for. Twenty years ago, a major battle was won, yet I fear the war against discrimination is far from over.