The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement (GLDM) is a pressure group operating in Gibraltar that seeks to improve the lives of disabled people, promote equal opportunities and tackle disablist discrimination in Gibraltar.
It was first established in 1985 in response to Gibraltar's lack of infrastructure and facilities for disabled people. The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement ceased to be active for several years during the 1990s and early 2000s, but was reactivated in 2005 to address the situation for disabled people in Gibraltar, which did not see great improvement for several years.
It had become apparent to many in the Gibraltarian community, that disabled and the families of disabled needed disability issues to be address, as many had found that groups, or society, and even Government of Gibraltar had become distant. At present there is no way for anyone to know what the disabled allowances are, put it is expected that this will be rectified soon, thanks to the GLDM's work in advising the Government of Gibraltar .
The GLDM website was established on June 27, 2005, aiming to give people a platform to voice their views on local disability issues, providing a source of information on disabled issues.
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