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A six year international programme of disability, health and science. Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award. www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disabili…

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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our next India Critical Disability Studies reading group will take place on Friday 4th September.The theme for the session will be disability and climate justice. You can sign up to the meeting and find the readings on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Introducing Critical Disability Studies: Indian Contexts, Global Perspectives
A collaborative initiative between Disability Matters and the Department of Psychology at Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you again to our fantastic speakers for a wonderful online symposium and to everyone who came to the session. The recording and scripts of the papers are now available on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability
An online symposia on China on 13th August 2026
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We can't wait to welcome you to our online symposium on China and disability tomorrow! Register and read the papers on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability
An online symposia on China on 13th August 2026
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Happening next week! Disability Matters online symposium on China and disability 13th August 2026. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...
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Book your ticket – Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom, Thu 13 Aug 2026 - This a free online event taking place via Zoom on Thursday 13th August, 2026, from 10-11.15am UK/ 5-6.15pm China...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Got your tickets yet? Our online symposium on China and disability ist happening on 13th August, with speakers presenting their work on disability inclusion in education and employment in China. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...
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Book your ticket – Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom, Thu 13 Aug 2026 - This a free online event taking place via Zoom on Thursday 13th August, 2026, from 10-11.15am UK/ 5-6.15pm China...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reminder that our India critical disability studies reading group will be meeting next Friday 7th August to discuss accessibility and creativity. Sign up here to receive the readings and Zoom link: mailchi.mp/9d4bbd72c932...
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Disability Matters India Critical Disability Studies Reading Group
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
For our next India critical disability studies reading group meeting on 7th August, we will be focusing on accessibility and creativity. Sign up here to receive the readings and Zoom link: mailchi.mp/9d4bbd72c932...
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Disability Matters India Critical Disability Studies Reading Group
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Reminder: Our online symposium on China and disability is happening on 13th August 2026! Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...
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Book your ticket – Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom, Thu 13 Aug 2026 - This a free online event taking place via Zoom on Thursday 13th August, 2026, from 10-11.15am UK/ 5-6.15pm China...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lots has been happening at Disability Matters! Read our latest news on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Latest news from the Disability Matters team
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Congratulations to Dr Ankita Mishra for winning the @powes.bsky.social and Feminism & Psychology Postgraduate Student Prize for her outstanding research on racially minoritised women survivors of domestic abuse in the COVID-19 Pandemic!
On the left is Dr Ankita Mishra sitting behind a table with two laptops. On the right is a projector screen showing a Powerpoint slide with dedications.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A reminder that our monthly India Critical Disability Studies reading group is happening this Friday 2-3.30pm BST/6.30-8pm IST! If you have already signed up, you should have received an email with the readings and Zoom link. Any problems please get in touch mailchi.mp/9d4bbd72c932...
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Disability Matters India Critical Disability Studies Reading Group
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
ICYMI - We are running another online symposium in August on disability education and employment in China! Get tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...
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Book your ticket – Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom, Thu 13 Aug 2026 - This a free online event taking place via Zoom on Thursday 13th August, 2026, from 10-11.15am UK/ 5-6.15pm China...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Our partners at the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW are conducting a series of online workshops to explores methods that are most useful when researching people with disability and their health priorities. Learn more and register here: events.humanitix.com/disability-m...
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Disability Matters Workshop
Register on Humanitix - Disability Matters Workshop hosted by Disability Innovation Institute UNSW (DIIU) . Online. Wednesday 5th August 2026. Find event information.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Join us for our online symposium on China and disability on 13th August 2026, with three brilliant speakers presenting their work on disability inclusion in education and employment in China: Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...
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Book your ticket – Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom
Disability Matters Online Symposia 2026: China and Disability – Zoom, Thu 13 Aug 2026 - This a free online event taking place via Zoom on Thursday 13th August, 2026, from 10-11.15am UK/ 5-6.15pm China...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Disability Matters India Critical Disability Studies reading group is a monthly peer-led online space for students, academics, researchers, advocates, and readers of all backgrounds and disciplines to learn and discuss disability in Indian contexts. Sign up here: forms.gle/Ff14bzc9Uran...
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India Critical Disability Studies Reading Group
Disability Matters is a major six year pan-national programme of disability, health and science research, funded by a Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award, that aims to transform health research and env...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In April, we had another successful knowledge exchange workshop with presentatioons from Dr Armineh Soorenian, Dr Hadar Elraz and Dr Claire Graf on Inclusive Research Cultures and Workplace Environments. Watch the recording and read the blog here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Transforming EDI through disability
Our ambitious plans to transform Equality, Diversity and Inclusion through a proper engagement with disability
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Dr Ankita Mishra and colleagues at iHuman, the University of Sheffield recently published a paper entitled ‘Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection’ in Data Science Journal. Read here: datascience.codata.org/articles/10....
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Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection | Data Science Journal
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#DisabilityDialogues Quinn Clark writes about the lived experiences of disabled researchers and working with WAARC shef.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...
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Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Cultures (WAARC) and the expertise of lived experience disabled researchers
by Quinn Clark
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Professor Tanya Titchkosky, Katherine Lili Chen, Wendy Pope, David Miller, Qi Lucy Gao published a new paper "The Social Production of Disability in Encounters with Ontario’s Right to Read Inquiry: Beyond the Models of Disability". Read here: cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...
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The Social Production of Disability in Encounters with Ontario’s Right to Read Inquiry: Beyond the Models of Disability
This paper explores responses to the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Right to Read Inquiry (2022) so as to reveal the importance of examining the social production of disability. In 2024, Christine ...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Professor Tanya Titchkosky and Dr. Elaine Cagulada have an entry in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies, with David Bolt as Editor-in-Chief (Hope Liverpool University). Read their entry "Disability and Phenomenology" here: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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Disability and Phenomenology
Summary. Phenomenological disability studies supports the exploration of lived experience of embodiment inclusive of perceptions of disability, which is cr
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Disability Matters team presented our paper at the Leeds Disabilty Studies 2026 last week. Read the paper on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Centring Disability in the Academy: Research Priorities, Knowledge Exchange and Career Development by Rhea Halsey, Ankita Mishra, Christina Lee, and Dan Goodley
Paper presented at the Leeds Disability Studies Conference, 15th April 2026.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#DisabilityDialogues Dr Jodi Lamanna and Prof Jackie Leach Scully explore emotional labour for disabled people and share the latest UNSW online symposium on lived experiences of emotional labour shef.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...
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Disability and the impact of emotional labour
By Jodi Lamanna and Jackie Leach Scully
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Our first knowledge exchange workshop on Cripping Knowledge Exchange with speakers Dr Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, Dr Daniel P Jones, and Khairani Barokka took place on 26th March. Watch the recording and read the blog by Turana Abdullayeva here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...
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Transforming EDI through disability
Our ambitious plans to transform Equality, Diversity and Inclusion through a proper engagement with disability
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The BSL translation of #CrippingResearchCulture episode 7 with Lucy Killerby and Freya Douglas Oloyede is now live on the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture website! sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/waarc... Cripping Research Culture is made possible with support from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
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Cripping Research Culture Podcast
WAARC presents "Cripping Research Culture", a podcast that asks the question: "How can we make better working conditions for disabled staff in higher education?". Hosted and produced by Élaina Gauthie...
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
So, I wrote something two years ago on my life's work and now you can read it. Like and subscribe. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Podcasting as a Recreational Scholarship Praxis | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Podcasting as a Recreational Scholarship Praxis
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The recording and transcript from the UNSW online symposium on emotional labour for disabled people is now available: www.unsw.edu.au/edi/diversit...
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Disability Matters Symposium 2026 | Disability Matters - UNSW Sydney
Online event exploring emotional labour in disability advocacy, research and rights, plus the role of allyship in supporting people with disability.
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New episode alert! Join @drasoorenian.bsky.social and I as we interview inclusive recruitment specialists Lucy Killerby and Freya Douglas-Oloyede from Talent Spaces about how to address barriers to inclusive recruitment processes. open.spotify.com/episode/4KUi... sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/waarc...
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Cripping Research Culture Podcast
WAARC presents "Cripping Research Culture", a podcast that asks the question: "How can we make better working conditions for disabled staff in higher education?". Hosted and produced by Élaina Gauthie...
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Do you wonder what it takes to place disabled people in leadership positions? Well, Extant, the leading UK performance arts company centring blind and visually impaired people is doing.
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Select tickets – Panel: Inclusive Recruitment and Hacking Bureaucracy – Zoom
Panel: Inclusive Recruitment and Hacking Bureaucracy – Zoom, Wed 25 Mar 2026 - This is the fifth and final instalment of the Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace webinar series hosted by the W...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Prof Dan Goodley. Prof Rebecca Lawthom, Prof Meng Ee Wong and Kerri Heng Yi Ping ran a very successful Disability Matters Spring Institute 2026 in Singapore NTU last week in early March.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dr. Tanya Titchkosky Reflects on Dr. Elaine Cagulada’s poetry reading, Neda: Words for My Darling. www.oise.utoronto.ca/home/sje/new...
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Recounting of "NEDA: Words for My Darling" — Dr. Tanya Titchkosky Reflects on Dr. Elaine Cagulada’s Poetry Reading | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Dr. Tanya Titchkosky recounts Dr. Elaine Cagulada’s February 2026 poetry reading, NEDA: Words for My Darling.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our Research Associate Ankita Mishra has published an article "‘Zine-ing’ research otherwise: care, joy, and creative co-design with racially marginalised communities", co-authored with Mark Wong and Aunam Quyoum. Read the article here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Unfortunately due to unexpected circumstances, we are going to have to cancel this event on Monday, but we will be in touch again in the near future to inform you of a rescheduled date for the lecture. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
REMINDER: The iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds is happening on Monday 2nd March. Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
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Buy Ticket – iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths – Zoom
iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths – Zoom, Mon 2 Mar 2026 - The iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths, Centre f...
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It’s my honour to speak about disability and Philippine philosophies with other Pinoy kapatid tomorrow at this event held by the Center for Southeast Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. Where: Online When: 11 am PST/2 PM EST/7 PM GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/cripping-f...
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Cripping "Filipino Resilience": Climate Change, Care and Disability
How exploitative political-economic management of climate change impacts and migrant care work wears down Filipinos' health and wellbeing
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
There is still time to sign up for the free webinar with @unembarrassable.bsky.social on Wednesday 25 February! buytickets.at/wellcomeanti... Time: 12-13:30 GMT Proudly by and for disabled people. A Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture event, supported by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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Select tickets – Self-advocacy at Work and Navigating Uncertainty – Zoom
Self-advocacy at Work and Navigating Uncertainty – Zoom, Wed 25 Feb 2026 - This is the fourth instalment of the Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace webinar series hosted by the Wellcome Anti-...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list so you don't miss out on upcoming events! mailchi.mp/e43c5582067d...
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Disability Matters Mailing List
We are an international research programme of disability, health and science research.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A reminder that Dr Miro Griffiths will be giving the iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai lecture on 2nd March. Registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
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Buy Ticket – iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths – Zoom
iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths – Zoom, Mon 2 Mar 2026 - The iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths, Centre f...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
WAARC will be running an online festival on 20th April, bringing together researchers, self-advocates, and Disabled people to explore ways in which Disabled people can be better included in research. Registration and details: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
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Reserve Your Place – WAARC Collaborative Projects Online Festival – Zoom
WAARC Collaborative Projects Online Festival – Zoom, Mon 20 Apr 2026 - 📅Date & Time: Monday 20th April 12noon – 3pm BST (UK time) 📍Location: On Zoom. The zoom link will be sent to you in the mo...
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#PhiDisSocCh6 has officially launched! I will be presenting at 12 pm EST/5 pm GMT today and you see the full program and sign up here: biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/01/26/p...
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Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Unapologetically Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026, 10am ET-4pm ET
The Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series is, by many accounts, the best, the most exciting, the most informative, the most progressive, and generally the most important event…
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It’s your last chance to sign up for the WAARC webinar on “Organisational accountability on disability in the workplace” with Deepa Shastri and Faye Stewart at noon GMT today! buytickets.at/wellcomeanti...
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Select tickets – Organisational accountability in accessibility in the workplace – Zoom
Organisational accountability in accessibility in the workplace – Zoom, Wed 28 Jan 2026 - This is the third instalment of the Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace webinar series hosted by the ...
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
#CrippingResearchCulture now has 4 BSL translations provided by Marcel Hirshman of Weald BSL: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/waarc...
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Cripping Research Culture Podcast
WAARC presents "Cripping Research Culture", a podcast that asks the question: "How can we make better working conditions for disabled staff in higher education?". Hosted and produced by Élaina Gauthie...
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Sign up to our mailing list for upcoming events and updates! mailchi.mp/e43c5582067d...
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I’m offering a workshop on podcasting as a creative research method to all @sheffielduni.bsky.social staff and PGRs! Sign-up here: mydevelopment.csod.com/ui/lms-learn... Date: 3 February When: 10:00-11:00 am GMT Where: Online If you want to book me for your institution, comment here!
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Dr Élaina is cripping out @elainagmamaril.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A new episode of #CrippingResearchCulture with Stuart Moore of @nadsn.bsky.social has just dropped wherever podcasts can be found! open.spotify.com/episode/5Q7r... Full transcript here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/waarc...
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Universal Design for the Workplace with Stuart Moore
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
More exciting events coming up! Our partner UNSW Disability Innovation Institute @disabilityunsw.bsky.social will be running an online symposium on emotional labour for people with disabilities on 10th March 2026. Details and registration: events.humanitix.com/disability-m...
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Disability Matters Symposium 2026
Register on Humanitix - Disability Matters Symposium 2026 hosted by Disability Innovation Institute UNSW (DIIU) . Online. Monday 9th March 2026. Find event information.
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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Don't miss our session on Thursday at 9.35am at this year's REDS conference! We'll be presenting “Empowering Established Researchers to Both Access and Enable Cultures of Development". Registration is still open here: redsconference.co.uk/2025/09/15/r...
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REDS Conference 2026 is open for registration
REGISTER TO ATTEND THE ONLINE CONFERENCE HERE The Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference conference takes place online 12-6pm (GMT) on the 21st January and 8.00am-1pm (GMT) on …
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Save the date! Dr Miro Griffiths from @cdsleeds.bsky.social will be giving the 2026 iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture on 2nd March 2026. Event details and Zoom link: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/event...
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iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths
The iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths, Centre for Disability Studies, University of LeedsResistance Practices and Inclusive Imaginations: Young Disabled ...
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EDI Caucus @edicaucus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Workshops will be led by @jeminanapier.bsky.social For more information and to register visit our website edicaucus.ac.uk/impact/ Please share @signhealth.bsky.social @dismatters.bsky.social @dcal-ucl.bsky.social @cri-uos.bsky.social @emmafc.bsky.social
Free workshops led in BLS on improving employment outcomes in the workplace. EDICa logo. BSL and Zoom logos. for line managers, employers, facilities workers, policymakers, stakeholders, HR or EDI professionals
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Research Associate Christina Lee will be presenting at the Building Anti-Ableism Through Representation in Children’s Material Culture seminar series on February 26th. Register for the hybrid event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-tic...
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Online Ticket: Anti-Ableism in Children’s Material Culture: Seminar 1
The first hybrid seminar in the series based at Queen Margaret University, will examine anti-ableism through toys and play.
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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
ICYMI: Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture (WAARC) will be running another webinar on Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace on 28th Jan 2026. Details and registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/wellc...
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Select tickets – Organisational accountability in accessibility in the workplace – Zoom
Organisational accountability in accessibility in the workplace – Zoom, Wed 28 Jan 2026 - This is the third instalment of the Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace webinar series hosted by the ...
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