ABSTRACT
The onslaught of neoliberalism, austerity measures and cuts, impact of climate change, protracted conflicts and ongoing refugee crisis, rise of far right and populist movements have all negatively impacted on disability. These circumstances have created more impairment and deaths in the global South and North. At the same time, we are witnessing the watering down of many rights, legal entitlements and policies that sustained disability lives. This includes the ability and willingness of academia, non-governmental organisations, multinationals and institutions to get involved in fighting back politically, economically, culturally and socially to ensure change. Yet, disabled people and their allies are fighting back and we urgently need to understand how, where and what they are doing, what they feel are their challenges and their future needs.
