Ali Kashmiri
“I got involved in the disability movement, not because I wanted to or because I felt it was all I wanted to do, but because I thought, hang on, why have we got all these barriers, what’s going on?”
Ali Kashmiri has been a campaigner and advocate for independent living from a young age. Having joined Kingston Association of Disabled People aged just 18, Ali has worked for a number of London Boroughs as an accessibility advisor. Ali has fought hard for his rights to own a home and have a successful career, despite the challenges of living with spinal muscular atrophy.
Photograph: ©Hydar Dewachi
Full interview
Surname: Kashmiri
Given name: Ali
Date of birth: 1972
Place of birth: Clapham, London
Date of interview: 27 June 2017
Length of interview: 01:09:37
Number of tracks: 1
Name of interviewer(s): Jen Kavanagh
© Kingston Museum and Heritage Service, courtesy of Ali Kashmiri
