This new online resource comprises a bank of educational activities from Year 5 through to Year 13 on the history of learning disability. It is relevant to a wide range of subject areas, for both mainstream and special educational provision. Many of the activities area also suitable for adults with learning disabilities who are interested in history. The activities cover various aspects of learning disability history, from the early 20th century to the present day, spanning life in institutions and in the community. The activities also engage with contemporary issues of equality, rights, discrimination, disablist language and bullying.
2018 Launch Event
Monday 19th November 2018, Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Parliament George McKay Professor of Media Studies at the University of East Anglia Tinukeh Jonah sings If You Leave Kiri Tunks President National Education Union John Kelly Drake Music, performs two songs…
UKDHM 2018 Launch Great Success.
Launch UKDHM running orderLaunch UKDHM running order Professor George McKay speaking on Punk Rock and DisabilityPunk Rock and Disability, UKDMH launch talk Tinuke Jonah singing her new song If you Leave Kiri Tunks President National Education Union John Kelly representing…
Disability & Visual Arts – KS1 & KS2 Assemblies
We have made 2 powerpoints on this year’s theme, for use in assemblies.
Launch Event 2017
Video footage, and accompanying materials used at the Launch of UKDHM 2017, at Portcullis House, Parliament. 22 November 2017.
Disability and Art – Secondary Assembly presentation
Given by Richard Rieser. All info in the presentation is elaborated on in the 2017 broadsheet.
2017 Teaching materials overview
We have produced resources examining
a) the representation of disabled people across time and culture.
b) artists who were themselves disabled.
c) with National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) the history of the Disability Arts Movement, which has sought since 1970s to promote the work of disabled artists and to challenge the oppression disabled people continue to face.
a) the representation of disabled people across time and culture.
b) artists who were themselves disabled.
c) with National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) the history of the Disability Arts Movement, which has sought since 1970s to promote the work of disabled artists and to challenge the oppression disabled people continue to face.
2017 Broadsheet
12 page illustrated analysis providing essential background for teachers. This examines our three themes with a largely European perspective from ancient cultures to the present day.
2017 Day Conference
Videos and powerpoints for Art and Disability Day Conference,
21st October 2017
21st October 2017
2017 Timeline
A timeline showing the relationship between art and disability