PCS Yorkshire & Humberside Disability Network event Tuesday 25th November, 11.00 to 2.00. War and impairment: The Social Consequences of Disablement Speaker: Kevin Mitchell, County Co-ordinator, Help for Heroes, South & West Yorkshire Film showing: 100 Years of Disability The event…
25th November 11am–2pm
25th November
University of Derby, Buxton
University to re-live its role in healing WW1 wounds Buxton’s Devonshire Dome will relive its part in healing the wounds of the First World War on November 25 when the University of Derby hosts a conference examining changing attitudes to …
1st December 2014
Snapshot on Disability, Manchester
Snapshot on Disability 1 December 2014 12.30-1.30 Manchester People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER Go behind the scenes and delve into our unique photo collections Did you know the museum holds an archive of over 95,000 photographs?…
3rd December
Kate MacDonald, Oxford Bodleian Library
Kate MACDONALD lecture 3 Dec 2014
3rd December
Hackney Museum UN International Day for Disabled People 4pm – 6pm
Hackney Disability Back Up will be marking this day here in Hackney with an event at the Hackney Museum. The museum staff will give a guided tour of the museum of the Strike A Pose exhibition and there will be…
3rd December and all month
Norfolk
Equal Lives and Disability History Month 22 November – 22 December including the International Day of Disabled People which is on 3rd December 2014 This year the theme for Disability History Month is War and Impairment: The Social Consequence of…
3rd December
Southwark Council
Wednesday 3rd December, 12pm to 2.30pm. LB Southwark 160 Tooley St, SE1 2TZ, in the Atrium. The Southwark Equality and Diversity Group Present Performances to Celebrate International Day of Person’s with a Disability and UK Disability History Month: Performance Mind…
You Tube UKDHM films
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Did shell shock make us serious about mental health?
A web piece by BBC looking into how attitudes to veteran’s mental health has changed since 1917. See it here.
The untold stories of deaf people in WWI
An entry on the BBC Ouch blog on the fates of deaf ex-soldiers. When the war broke out, sentries were deployed across the country and security was tightened. But many deaf people were unaware of the new rules … and paid…