Honours for our DP 100 community

Huge congratulations to members of our Disability Power 100 community who have been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list. These include 2023 finalist Professor Chloe Orkin who has received an MBE. Chloe is a prominent medical leader (former Chair of the British HIV Association and President of the Medical Women’s Federation) and a world-renowned HIV infectious disease researcher […]

The Social Model of Disability

At Shaw Trust our work is guided by the social model of disability. We also support the identity model, which is closely related to the social model and emphasizes disability as a positive identity.  The social model of disability The social model of disability recognises society runs in ways that are disabling. It says disability is created […]