Micheline Mason was an activist who dedicated her life to campaigning for inclusive education and the rights of all Disabled people to be educated in mainstream settings. As a Disabled mother of a Disabled child, Micheline was determined that her daughter, Lucy, would attend her local mainstream school rather than be segregated from society, as he had been

Micheline and other activists drove forward the inclusive education movement. Micheline supported other parents of Disabled children, fighting for their child’s right to attend a mainstream school. She was instrumental in changing national policy and the language around inclusive education.

Micheline was also a talented poet and author, with several published works. In the 1980s she played a key role in launching and running the ‘In From the Cold Collective’ which brought together many of the future leaders of the Movement particularly Women. Several copies of its magazine are held in NDMAC

‘The Liberation Network of Disabled People (LNDP) were influenced by the Women’s Movement. Following their initial meeting at Lower Shore farm outside Swindon in 1980, they focused on breaking down isolation by finding ways to communicate with each other whether deaf, blind or physically impaired. Many of the ideas were developed in their ‘In From the Cold’ magazine. The LNDP were at the founding meeting of BCODP, leaving the same day unhappy with the levels of male dominance and a rigid approach. Many of these activists formed organisations that joined BCODP as it grew, but they always formed a different approach within the Disability Movement..’

Micheline also become a Disability Equality Trainer and worked with the London Boroughs’ DET Team. Here she had learned and developed the thinking about the Social Model of disability and to challenge disability as asocial oppression.

Micheline was a founder member of The Alliance for Integration (ALLFIE) .