Alan Holdsworth
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Alan Holdsworth (born 1952 in Salford, stage name Johnny Crescendo) is a British musician and disability activist living in Philadelphia, United States.<ref name="ndaca">Template:Cite web</ref>
He participated in the 1990 and 1992 Block Telethon campaign while living in the United Kingdom.<ref name="webster">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013, he founded the first Disability Pride event in the United States.<ref name="webster" />
The 2022 BBC Two docudrama Then Barbara Met Alan tells the story of Holdsworth and Barbara Lisicki and their work with the Disabled People's Direct Action Network.<ref name="rts">Template:Cite web</ref>
Holdsworth has been affected by polio and uses a wheelchair.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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