Unseen: Working with Non-Visible Disability Monday 8th December 2014 at 2.00pm FDA head office, 8 Leake Street, London, SE1 7NN To celebrate this year’s Disability History Month, the FDA – alongside the CPS’s Disabled Staff Network – will be holding…
8th December 2pm
1st December
Cambridge at the Meadows Community Centre
DHM 14 Cambridge Easy Read Flyer – Cambridge Disability History Day 2014Civic event to celebrate Disability History Month and International Day of Disabled People. Please see the attached flyer with further information. In summary the event is on: Monday 1st…
11th December
Scapegoat – Katharine Quarmby, Southwark
Thursday 11th December, 3pm to 4.30pm LB Southwark 160 Tooley St, SE1 2TZ, in Unity Kitchen Café, Refreshments provided. 3pm to 4pm Talk, followed by Q&A by Author and Journalist Katharine Quarmby about her book ‘Scapegoat’, which traces the history…
15th December 12.30pm
Unite North West, Liverpool Jack Jones House
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
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…
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…
Watch this space!
UK Disability History Month will be 5 years old in 2014! We are busy planning – but we also NEED YOUR HELP! UKDHM relies on organisations and individuals to organise events to mark Disability History Month. So now is a…