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"When academics acknowledge and honour each other’s humanity, they create an environment where diverse viewpoints are valued, and constructive dialogue can take place." Not only relevant in the HIIT space!

Thrilled to finally share a recent collaboration with the talented Dr James Brighton in Transactions of the Inst. of British Geographers: 'My Body is No Longer a Problem: Electric mountain biking, disability, and the cultural politics of green exercise'.bit.ly/4eAkFoc

Are you Disabled, and face barriers to enjoying physical activity as a result? We'd love for you to be part of our Sounding Board community! Your experiences can help shape research and create changes in the physical activity sphere🏅 Find out more: getyourselfactive.org/get-involved-i…

Congratulations to Prof Brett Smith - Disability & Physical Activity of Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. for being among the world's most cited researchers in his field 👉 brnw.ch/21wNayu Brett's recent work includes contributions to the Paralympics GB Equal Play campaign. Read more here ➡️ brnw.ch/21wNayv

Important article on how Disabled people's independence is being eroded in real time for the sake of austerity and 'cost-cutting' policies. Give it a read👇

📷Our new Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Newsletter is available here: sway.cloud.microsoft/ihfCvcSLVIkwyN…

🚨NEWS🚨 Research ‘Sat On’ by DWP Exposed How 'Degrading’ PIP System Left Disabled People ‘Numb’ and ‘Broken’ by Disability News Service disabilitynewsservice.com/research-sat-o…

Looking forward to delivering a poster on work that Faye Didymus and I have been working on and to delivering a lecture on PWB (ft. Faye and Toni Williams) 💡 Cannot wait to reconnect with colleagues and savour the AASP experience once more! 💫 Arthur André AASP

We were pleased that the Minister for Disabled People, Sir Stephen Timms was able to attend our report launch for the ‘Power of Sport’ before the summer. We are delighted to see that the Minister is prioritising access to sport. We look forward to working with him. #PowerOfSport

⏰BREAKING NEWS #COVIDー19 ⏰ Covid-19 Inquiry: Disability Rights UK and Disability Action Northern Ireland criticise Government for “deliberately failing to distribute to those in need” in pandemic. Read and share the full statement here: disabilityrightsuk.org/news/covid-19-…

Congratulations Stacey Pope from Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. for her involvement in the cross-department DU 'Stargoal' project which has won the national Partnering with Schools category at the Odgen Trust Outreach Awards durham.ac.uk/news-events/la…

New on #FirstView by Ceri Hughes: Re-examining ‘personalised conditionality’: full-time obligations, partial adjustments and power asymmetries in the UK’s approach to work-related conditionality cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Just delivered my 1st Moving Social Work training at Merton Council. It was powerful: I told social workers what I truly believe: a conversation can really change lives. They taught me lots about their amazing job, struggles & barriers. I learnt once more how society needs to be fairer!

Are you interested in doing a funded PhD at Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. in disability and physical activity or sport? If so, please get in touch via [email protected] and check out the advert below ⬇️ jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN643/phd…

And that concludes our Leading Researchers Programme with 64 Million Artists and who better to go on this journey with than the amazing Toni Williams. So many fantastic ideas from Durham University at todays Ideas Summit!

Delighted to be able to share the results of our four year HRC New Zealand funded co-production study exploring ableism and able-bodied privilege in sport. The following comic illustrates a range of ableist attitudes towards disabled people. 1/2

I have taken part by completing this questionnaire and would love for more people living with disabilities to get involved, and also their parents and/or carers. Hopefully it will help remove that fear of doing any kind of activity in case we are deemed not disabled enough...

🚨Breaking News 🚨 The High Court has ruled that the DWP's "misleading and unfair consultation" on disability benefit reforms was unlawful. This comes after a judicial review on the consultation was brought forward by activist Ellen Clifford bigissue.com/news/social-ju…