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CDA member and reporter Mick Farrant on the importance of the social model

Camden Disability Action and the social model changed my thinking, says Mick


Reported by Mick Farrant

Published on Thursday, August 1st, 2024

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CDA member and reporter Mick Farrant on the importance of the social model

Camden Disability Action and the social model changed my thinking, says Mick


Written by Mick Farrant

Published on Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Equality

healthcare access

Solutions journalism

Written by Mick Farrant


I’m Mick Farrant. I live in Gospel Oak and have been a community activist in Camden since 1979. After developing a series of impairments in 2017 and then becoming housebound and dependent on others during the Covid-19 pandemic, I discovered that social attitudes and behaviour make all the difference when it comes to living with impairments. Now, my activism and my work for CDA are focussed on trying to change what I see as societal systematic disablism.

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