Three weeks left to submit your abstracts for the Leeds Disability Studies Conference 3-5th September 2024. Submission deadline 30th April. bit.ly/CDS24cfp

Yesterday NFBUK, Surrey Coalition of Disabled People & Inclusion London petitioned at No. 10 about unsafe, and unusable floating bus stops. More than 250 organisations support their call to immediately cease the use of floating and Copenhagen-style bus stops.
Credit: Simon Lamrock

Our Ruby-Goodley is looking for disabled female academics with hidden/invisible impairments to take part in her MA research 👇

Feb 16: UC Berkeley Law Center for Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law and Law, Disability & SC will host a webinar on protecting #childrenwithdisabilities during armed conflict, featuring Emina Ćerimović from Human Rights Watch #HumanRights #CRPD

Register here: bit.ly/3utqK4o

The Leeds Disability Studies Conference 2024 call for papers is now live. Deadline for submissions 30th April bit.ly/CDS24cfp #CDS24

Come and join the workshop 'Disability, Technology and Change: Adjusting, hacking, and repairing as practices of inventing' in Nov 2024 in Berlin! Deadline: Feb 15. More details: shorturl.at/pyCTX
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Only one week left to seize the opportunity! Apply now for our groundbreaking online #DisabilityStudies , Rights, and Inclusion MSc.
The March intake deadline is 6 February. Elevate your understanding and make a difference. Request info or apply today: bit.ly/48ZF9nc

Are you in York on Wednesday? Come and support two members of our School, Rachael O'Connor & Fatemeh Nostratzadeh, as they present their papers at the 'Equity in Education & Society' Conference organized by Institute for Educational & Social Equity in association with York St John University! instituteforequity.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Research update from our Prof Angharad Beckett @angharadbeckett.bsky.social about the My First 1000 Days project

#Disability #Disability Twitter #PublicHealth #Children #Families #Equality

New chapter out, co-authored with Dr Deborah Fenney

#NaturePlay for #Disabled #Children

#ChildhoodStudies #PlayStudies #Inclusion #DisabilityTwitter

[I can share 'accepted manuscript' pdf - DM or email me if interested]

⏰Only 2 weeks left until the deadline for applications to our groundbreaking Disability Studies, Rights, and Inclusion MSc's second intake! 🌐Request info or apply on our course page today. Together we shape the future! #StudyWithPurpose #ApplyNow bit.ly/48ZF9nc

Join our free taster course on the Social Model of Disability bit.ly/SocialModelSho… as an introduction to our fully online masters programme Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion bit.ly/MScDSRI delivered by Sociology at Leeds

Happy to invite you to Krakow, Poland 16-17 May 2024 for a conference Disability Studies in Eastern Europe: Reconfigurations. submissions deadline: 10 Feb 2024 more information and submission form: …ility-in-easteurope.project.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/start/-/…
European Disability Forum Disability&Society Centre for Global Disability Studies DisabilityHistoryAssociation Centre for Disability Studies

Very sad to hear the news of our alumni Selina Bonnie's passing. Rest in Power Selina and condolences to all who mourn.
Her MA dissertation on sexual expression in the ILM in Ireland is available on the Disability Archive disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/library/author…

New project based at University of Leeds involving our Prof Angharad Beckett, seeks to ensure *all* children in #Leeds have the best start in life

Angharad will be working with families, using co-production approach, to ensure #disability #inclusion

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

New Book forthcoming, edited by our Prof Angharad Beckett @angharadbeckett.bsky.social and CDS alumna, now senior member of UM | Disability Studies, Anne-Marie Callus

#children #adolescents #Disability

The Nothing About Us Without Us research was shared at #SeattleClub23 by Amy and Vaso from the team. Find out more about the project learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/no-research-ab… #SelfAdvocacyWorks

What do people with a learning disability & their carers want from the Recommended Summary Plan for EmergencyCare & Treatment ( #ReSPECT ) ? Our poster reports #qualitative findings Jacqui Lovell Jenny Harlock NIHR Research University of Warwick UniLeedsMed&Health 💙 #SeattleClub2023 Qualitative Health Research Group

'There's a cultural assumption that my life is not worth living.' Our Dr Miro Griffiths MBE spoke to Evan Davis about assisted suicide on last nights BBC Radio 4 PM
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Next week Professor Anna Lawson joins the European Research Council (ERC) annual conference to reflect on her experience undertaking disability inclusive research on her ERC Advanced Grant Inclusive Public Space Law & Social Justice Centre for Disability Studies

Details and registration 👇