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Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation

Archive File: MS 2069/2

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation

Level: File

Classmark: MS 2069/2

Creator(s): Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (1972-1990)

Date(s): 1974-1985

Size and medium: manuscript papers; typescript papers; leaflets; 2 boxes

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/626564

Description

The documents were gathered together by Vic Finkelstein who was a member of the committee of UPIAS. They include organisational papers, pamphlets and correspondence.

Biography or history

UPIAS was a disability rights organisation founded in 1972 by Paul Hunt. UPIAS was run by disabled people to raise awareness of the issues effecting them. The organisation aimed to tackle disability in a comprehensive and global way. Also it campaigned to empower disabled people living in institutions. UPIAS rejected the idea that experts could advise disabled people how to live. Other leading members of UPIAS included Vic Finkelstein and Ken and Maggie Davis.

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