Doc5 Events Calendar 20 November-16 December 2015 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & DO NOT REQUIRE PRE-BOOKING* Friday 20 November 2015 6.30-9pm: Together! 2015 Open Exhibition and Festival launch party. The Hub, 123 Star Lane, Canning Town, London E16 4PZ. Nearest DLR station: Star…
Scapegoats – Disability Hate Crime and the Media
Scapegoats – Disability Hate Crime and the Media Monday 1st December 2015 at 12.30pm FDA Head Office, 8 Leake Street, London SE1 7NN In support of this year’s Disability History Month, the FDA and CPS Disabled Staff Network are…
Reflections On the Coney Island Freak Show
– Originally published in The Huffington Post 10/08/2015 “Why are you doing this?” I asked myself as I handed over $10 to enter the infamous Coney Island Side Show. After all, as a person of short stature, I could easily…
R J Mitte talking about being a disabled actor on BBC
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31923337 3.56
2015 Broadsheet Moving Image Portrayal of Disability:Then and Now
This years 12 page broadsheet examines current portrayal in TV and Film and Past portrayal of disability. PDF Word document Large print version Text-only version Easy-read version
Disability and Impairment: a Technological Fix?
CFP: Disability and Impairment: a Technological Fix? (Nov. 2015: UK) Event Title: Disability and Impairment: a Technological Fix? Date: 27th November 2015 Location: London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB Part of Disability History Month and supported by…
Shifting Perceptions on TV – BFI
Love & Disability – Shifting Perceptions on TV NFT 3 BFI South Bank Book online at BFI or 020 7928 3232 18.15 start (90mins to include 15mins clips and 30mins Audience Questions) 19.45 Finish Jack Thorne (Writer Cast-Offs) Victoria Wright…
UKDHM Day Conference – BFI
Day Conference – Portrayal of Disability in Mainstream Moving Image Media: Then and Now BFI in partnership with UK Disability History Month Join us for a day of discussion. Film clips, speakers, panels. Focus on acting, writing, producing & directing.…
Why social model is important to disabled people
See this useful explanation including language on Inclusion London website The Social Model of Disability
Accentuate win major Disability History Project
Press release – Delivery phase History of Place announcement FINAL