Rt. Hon. Lord Ashley of Stoke CH PC
Member of the House of Lords.
House of Lords,
Westminster,
London, UK
First elected as Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South in 1966, Lord Ashley has, over the past 38 years, spearheaded a number of ground-breaking campaigns including Thalidomide children, battered women, rape victims, nuclear test victims and bullied soldiers. Lord Ashley lost his hearing following a minor operation in 1967 but fought to retain his career, returning to parliament to present a bill on disability. He went on to become a powerful spokesperson for deaf and hard of hearing people, and now has a cochlear implant.
In 1987 Lord Ashley became president of the RNID, and in 1994 president of UK Council on Deafness. He is also involved in many other organisations working with deaf people including being president of Defeating Deafness, British Tinnitus Association and National Cochlear Implant Users Association; and Patron of The Ear Foundation.
Lord Ashley of Stoke, has been appointed Honorary President of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness. Lord Ashley was instrumental in securing major improvements to the Communications Act, introduced in 2003, that will greatly improve quality of life for deaf, hard of hearing and many other disabled people. The Act, which regulates satellite and cable television channels, obliges them to subtitle 80% of their programmes over the next ten years.
In 2003, Lord Ashley was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the In 2003, Lord Ashley was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the ePolitix Charity Champion Awards held at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster.
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