UK Disability History Month interviewed medieval historian Irina Metzler about what life was like for disabled people in the middle ages.
2012 Broadsheet
The theme in 2012 was Hate Crime and the origins of Hate Crime. Download the UKDHM 2012 Broadsheet
2014 Broadsheet
The UKDHM 2014 Broadsheet on War and Impairment.
Launch of UKDHM 2014 Broadsheet
Videos from the launch of the 2014 broadsheet at the TUC, Liverpool. Speaking: Sean McGovern (TUC General Council), Len McLuskey (General Secretary, Unite), Diana Holland (Assistant General Secretary, Unite), Troy Davies (Disabled veteran and TU activist), Lindsey German (Stop the War Coalition), Richard Rieser (Coordinator, UK Disability History Month)
War and Impairment Day Conference
The six presentations from the UKDHM 2014 Day Conference on War and Impairment.
Speaking are Neil Faulkner, Roddy Slorach, Emmeline Burdett, Kate Macdonald, Pieter Verstraete and Richard Rieser.
Speaking are Neil Faulkner, Roddy Slorach, Emmeline Burdett, Kate Macdonald, Pieter Verstraete and Richard Rieser.
Interview with Johnny Crescendo
An interview by UKDHM. The first of a series of disabled people who have made recent history.
UKDHM 2014 Blog – Emmeline Burdett
An article analysing newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks documenting the lives of wounded soldiers in the Queen Mary Hospital Roehampton and to its sister hospital, Queen Mary Hospital Sidcup.
Indian Sub continent contribution WWI
A short film about the soldiers from India and Nepal who fought for the British during World War I. This is their story!
Tom Shakespeare 5 Essays on Famous Disabled People BBC Radio 3
5 Essays Tom Shakespearehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y67yw/episodes/guide
Seen but Seldom Heard-Bournmouth University Initiative
‘Seen but Seldom Heard’: Challenging perceptions of disability through poetry and performance. www.bournemouth.ac.uk/seen-but-seldom-heard Why? One of the greatest causes of stigma surrounding disability is fear, due to the lack of direct experience and access the general public has to authentic…