Workshops at Stoke Mandeville hospital
We organised workshops at Stoke Mandeville hospital where people with experience of spinal injury are considering Maggie Davis’ life through creating artwork.
The Chinese Dragon Gate Legend
Phil has been taking part in painting classes at Stoke Mandeville hospital, reflecting on independent living. He explains how his picture associates two Stoke Mandeville residents who wanted to live together with a Chinese legend.
Liberation architecture: Maggie Davis and the birth of independent living
Maggie and Ken Davis were told it was impossible for them to live anywhere except in an institution. But 40 years ago today, they moved into the home they designed themselves. It marked the beginning of the Independent Living Movement.
Grove Road Housing Scheme
Grove Road housing scheme was a groundbreaking development, opened in 1976 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, which enabled disabled people to live in society and not in an institution. When I first became disabled in the mid-1960s, the only prospects for people who needed help with their personal care were to be looked after by their families, to marry… Read more »