Reasonable Adjustment

In the late 1980s, RAD fought for their rights against Margaret Thatcher’s right-wing government and an oppressive medical establishment.

Regarded as terrorists by some and freedom fighters by others, their actions included shooting a prominent geneticist who advocated euthanasia in utero for those with conditions such as spina bifida.

They also bombed inaccessible train stations and laid siege to a benefits office.
In this exhibition, Edgar showcases artefacts including photographs he took as an art student during the height of RAD’s activity in the early 1990s.

Reasonable Adjustment – The Disabled Arms Resistance Movement also includes posters, weapons and a 1991 television documentary on Reasonable Adjustment previously thought lost, but recently rediscovered.

In the light of nine years of austerity cuts to disabled people, some might say it’s as though RAD never happened at all.