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Pamela Block

@pblock8.bsky.social

Disability Anthropologist at Western University and Activist Books: Occupying Disability; Allies and Obstacles; Family and Disability Activism. My research is based in Brazil and North America Posts my own.

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Upcoming talk June 25th at 1pm Eastern/6pm BST/10am Pacific Siblings, Disability and Care: Cocreation during Times of Transition with Pamela Block Helen Ries and @dimakassem Hosted by the @siblingstudies www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Expanding the Capacity of Planning and Facilitation Supports in Canada PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: DISABLED INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES UNDERGOING A PLANNING AND FACILITATION PROCESS.

Expanding the Capacity of Planning and Facilitation Supports in Canada

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: DISABLED INDIVIUDALS & FAMILIES UNDERGOING A PLANNING AND FACILITATION PROCESS.

Aim of this research: This study, conducted in collaboration with Partners for Planning and Disability and Medical Anthropologists at Western University, aims to explore the impact of planning and facilitation on disabled individuals and their families engaged in this process.

Who can participate:
 Participants must be 18 years or older.
 Must be an autistic person, a person with intellectual disability, or a family member who is involved in a planning and facilitation process or a Facilitator.
 Must be able to speak English

What to expect if you decide to participate:
 Interviews will be conducted via Zoom.
 Each Interview will last approximately one hour.

For more information about this study, please contact Dr. Pamela Block:
Email: pblock(at)uwo.ca

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land. reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45. Tickets are $15 at this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Portrait by Mallory K. Nelson who writes in the caption “I just don’t have words” : walnut ink portrait of Devva wearing a crown and fairy wings. Water color back grown of a rainbow palette of overlapping circle.⭕️

This caption was written by Deborah Addington, Devva’s sister. Our beloved sister, daughter, mother, wife, scholar, friend, colleague, teacher, spinner, weaver, dancer, and all-around brilliant being took off her body at 12:20 pm PST, Sunday, January 26, 2025.

Baruch Ata Adonai, Eloheinu Melech HaOlam, Dayan HaEmet.

May she rush to the arms of The Beloved, at peace and free of pain.

May we who remain feel fully our grief, and fully feel yhe joy she brought to the world. We remeber her so that she lives forever, as she should. 🕯💔🕯

Portrait by Mallory K. Nelson who writes in the caption “I just don’t have words” : walnut ink portrait of Devva wearing a crown and fairy wings. Water color back grown of a rainbow palette of overlapping circle.⭕️

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

For updates on Devva’s status in her final days check her Facebook page.

Two tired looking women wearing glasses lean their heads together

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website tupress.temple.edu/books/family...

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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Our new book is available for preorder: Family and Disability Activism: Beyond Allies and Obstacles edited by Pamela Block, Allison Carey and Richard Scotch. www.inkspellbooks.com/book/9781439... #disability #disabilityjustice

Cover description: A painting depicting a cyborg infant in a green bassinet. Birds have entered the room through an open window. They have toppled a potted plant that lies beside the cradle. A yellow canary stands on the floor below a child’s growth chart. It appears to be looking into a closet in which an empty cradleboard is just visible in the shadows. Three pictures of flowers decorate the wall above the cradle. A dream catcher hangs from a curtain rod above the cradle from which is also draped a white lace curtain. One of the birds, a brown-headed cowbird, pulls on the wires attached to the infant’s arm. This painting is displayed on the cover of this book.

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