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We are very sad to announce that our beloved member Paula Fummey died on Wednesday morning at the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice with her adored brother Bruce by her side.

Paula was a disability activist until the end, unwaveringly committed to the disabled people’s movement. In Paula’s words, ‘One voice may be beautiful, but a whole chorus of voices, like a choir, can sound amazing.’

She will be much missed by her GDA family. Her legacy will live on in the enormous community she leaves behind.

Disabled People in Glasgow and Scotland have felt deprioritised and dehumanised increasingly over decades and even more so since the last General Election. Successive policies and Governments have failed to tackle our poverty and inequality and the dire situation facing disabled people has been supercharged by national policies and global events e.g. austerity, the pandemic and the cost of living crisis.

Read our 2024 Manifesto and Asks to learn more about what disabled people are demanding this election.

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