Ramping Up Rights: An Unfinished History Of British Disability Activism – Rachel Charlton-Dailey

in conversation with Laura Elliott

19 October, 2025 at 12:00 pm

Rachel Charlton-Dailey‘s book is a groundbreaking history of 100 years of disability activism in the UK. 1 in 5 people in the UK are disabled yet disability activism remains overlooked in history books, media, and politics. Blending investigative journalism, social history and a call to action the book looks at protest – from disabled suffragettes to debates about genetic screening. This powerful, timely book shows how often disabled people, and their allies, have fought and won, and the need to keep fighting.

Rachel Charlton-Dailey is an award-winning disability rights journalist, activist and author. Laura Elliott is a disabled journalist, maker and author of Awakened.