The NW Disabled Members Committee will be holding an event at: Unite the Union, Jack Jones House on Monday 15th December from 12.30pm onwards A leaflet will be produced and circulate to communicate with communities branches
15th December 12.30pm
Wilfred Owen poem Analyses
Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum est Poem with Analysis Disabled Poem Disabled Analysis by Emmeline Burdett
Podcast Disability Now UKDHM, ILF, Freud and Party Conferences
Piece for Disability Now Ellen Clifford Gary Boulet Richard Rieser Mary Laver http://disabilitynow.org.uk/podcasts/party-conferences-independent-living-and-first-world-war http://ec.libsyn.com/p/b/a/7/ba739ea240ea463c/The_Download21_to_upload.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06c98337d1c95bd00a&c_id=7765825
17th December 6–7pm
House of Commons, London: Seen but Seldom Heard
Seen but Seldom Heard: Challenging perceptions of disability through poetry and performance. ‘Seen but Seldom Heard‘ aims to empower a group of young disabled people with a ‘voice’ and the necessary creative skills to challenge stereotypes and engage in conversation about…
Citizenship and Secondary History. These six posters were produced by the Birmingham Disability History Project
Citizenship and Secondary History. These six posters were produced by the Birmingham Disability History Project and focus on six leading members of the British Disability Movement and their role in bringing about rights for disabled people. Ian Stanton – Natural…
Challenging bullying and harassment of disabled people in class
A document designed to give teachers information about the history of bullying and harassment of disabled people and ideas/guidance about activities for the classroom. Supported by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. Download it here
Scope Lesson Plans on Disablism in Twentieth Century UK
A disability teaching pack, all based on interviews with disabled people. See it here
Huntarian Museum of Medicine
A series of relevant events: View them here
Until 22nd February 2015
Manchester The Sensory War
Saturday 11 October 2014 – Sunday 22 February 2015 Manchester Art Gallery Mosley Street Manchester M2 3JL The Sensory War 1914-2014 This major group exhibition marking the Centenary of the First World War explores how artists have communicated the impact…
Until 25th February 2015
Leeds Thackeray Medical Museum
RECOVERY? FROM FLANDERS TO AFGHANISTAN A new exhibition to mark the centenary of the First World War. This thought-provoking exhibition looks at the complex relationship between medicine and conflict, and how the technologies of war drive medical advancements. Developed with…