BLOCK THE TELETHON PROTEST PHOTOGRAPH (Photograph)
1990
Photograph of a protest outside the ITV studies by disabled people.On 27 May 1990, and 18 July 1990, thousands of disabled people gathered outside ITV studios in London to protest the patronising portrayal of disabled people as objects of pity by the charity fundraiser telethon. The protests were successful in bringing an end to the...
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Photograph of a protest outside the ITV studies by disabled people.
On 27 May 1990, and 18 July 1990, thousands of disabled people gathered outside ITV studios in London to protest the patronising portrayal of disabled people as objects of pity by the charity fundraiser telethon. The protests were successful in bringing an end to the telethon in 1993, and its demise highlighted publicly that disabled people were not helpless or passive.