British band fights for right to ‘Stay Up Late’
July 14th, 2009
From CNN:
A British punk band is campaigning hard to get fans with disabilities the right to party late into the night if they want to. Three of the five members of “Heavy Load” have disabilities, one with Down syndrome and two with learning disabilities.
Their campaign, “Stay Up Late,” encourages caregivers to support people with disabilities who want to stay out past 10 p.m. The campaign emerged because the shift for most support workers in the UK ends at 10pm, so most fans with disabilities ended up leaving by 9 p.m.
“We don’t insist on people staying up late against their will — just having the choice to do what they want to do!” said Heavy Load’s manager and bass guitarist, Paul Richards.
Earlier post here.
(CNN photo by Morgan White)
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July 17th, 2009 at 5:37 am
It’s about time the stereotype that “disabled people have no such thing as a nightlife”, died.
I applaud these people, as I am insomniac Autistic (Asperger’s Syndrome) who, if I can’t sleep, would like to be having the time of my life until I do get a chance to konk out.