5th December 6.00-7.30pm Leeds University Student Disability Action Group Speaker Richard Rieser Coordinator UKDHM Leeds Business School, Maurice Keyworth Lecture Theatre G.02
Aston Disabled Members Conference
10am Thursday 1st December University and College Union Disabled Members Conference Aston University Conference Centre, Sellhouse 1&2, Aston Street, Birmingham B4 7ET UCU will be celebrating Disability History Month at its Disabled Members Conference at Aston University, Birmingham on 1…
Disability Rep Forum
We would like to invite you all to join us for the next Disability Rep Forum meeting on 13th December (agenda and flyer attached). We will be having a Christmas party as well as celebrating the Disability History Month (DHM).…
Frances Ryan video: It’s time to stop calling disabled people inspirational
Frrances Ryan video Its time to stop calling disabled people inspirational https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2016/sep/07/its-time-to-stop-calling-disabled-people-inspirational-video
Launch of Open University education resources
Portcullis House, Parliament 22 November 2016 Download the pack here Jan Draper, introduced by Jan Walmsley Angela Rayner MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Education Nick Llewellyn and Paul Christian present Access All Areas Resource: The Cocoa Song…
2016 Launch Event
At King’s Place, London 22 November 2016 See the programme of speakers A series of poems by Maresa MacKeith and Micheline Mason were commissioned for UKDHM 2016. Download the booklet Chaired by Susie Burrows Maresa MacKeith > Lee Humber…
Manchester City Council’s Disabled Staff Group
UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) 2016 event hosted by Manchester City Council’s Disabled Staff Group At City Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester On Wednesday 30th November 2016 The theme for the event is “Disability and Language” The event will begin…
International Day of Disabled People
International Day of Disabled People – 3rd December – is a key date every year in celebrating the lives and achievements of disabled people around the world. Disability Action in Islington (DAI), Islington Personal Budgets Network (IPBN) & Islington Disabled…
Discussion Panel in aid of UKDHM
The event is a Discussion Panel in aid of Disability History Month in which we will have 3 panelist speakers discussing topics around disability. The event will be held in the Loughborough Student’s union on Tuesday the 29th November and…
Education resources for schools and colleges on the history of learning disability, 1900 to the present day
http://www.open.ac.uk/health-and-social-care/research/shld/education-resources The Open University, UK Disability History Month and Access All Areas have collaborated to produce this on-line resource With the prevalence of negative language about disabled people and increased name based bullying at school or college particularly for students…