Reposted by David TurnerElle | they/them | Published as Lynsay Hodges @lynsayhodges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A brilliant article on how the current conversations around the undeserving disabled person harkens back hundreds of years — but that disabled people have always campaigned for their rights in the face of such oppression 232
Reposted by David TurnerDr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Including disabled people in the story of Britain, which is what the book grandly tries to do, is about showing that disabled people are always there and that disability isn’t some kind of modern trend." Extremely timely reflections from @profdavidturner.bsky.social's new book project ...substack.comDavid Turner: “Disabled people have always been part of history"The historian on his landmark new book ‘Disability: A History of Resistance’ 22215
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026'Disability history largely remains a missing part of the UK's story. Understanding it helps explain why contemporary debates often feel so fraught' New article by me in The Conversation theconversation.com/todays-argum...theconversation.comToday’s arguments about disability benefits have been raging for 500 yearsFrom Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy. 13721
Reposted by David TurnerChronic Historian ♾️♿️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💜🖤💛🦓🏴🍉🐺🐈⬛🧑🌾🌱🌳 @enbycriphistorian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026OMG I am so excited - not only is this out, but it’s out in audiobook through Libro.fm right now so I can listen to it with a credit rn and quite possibly ask for a nice hardback copy for Xmas! I do find audiobooks a big accessibility aid as do a lot of other disabled folk so this is WONDERFUL ❤️ 1134
Reposted by David TurnerMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026What happens if we place the UK university crisis in the Humanities (and some Social Sciences) within the context of students with known disabilities? We know that regional cold spots increasingly limit HE choices for many disadvantaged students. What do the stats suggest for disability? A 🧵 1/5 24533
Reposted by David TurnerDaniel Blackie @danielblackie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Finally got my hands on this #DisHist nugget from @profdavidturner.bsky.social. Congratulations, David - smashing to see it out in the wild! 1146
Reposted by David TurnerAMEND - eArly Modern European NeuroDivergence @amendproject.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We're so excited about these amazing new books! Coming soon to a library or bookstore near you!🤩📚 043
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026My 500 year history of disabled people's political activism is out now! Thanks to The Independent for making it their non-fiction book of the month! www.penguin.co.uk/books/455782... #disabilityhistorypenguin.co.ukDisabilityA ground-breaking history of modern Britain that puts the experiences of disabled people to the fore for the first time. Despite there being more than 16 million disabled people in the UK today, disa... 512863
Reposted by David TurnerSam Read Bookseller @samreadbookseller.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Happy publication week to these excellent books... 0186
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Thanks for this article about my new book in Disability News Service. Disability a History of Resistance releases next Thursday in print, audio and ebook formats #disavilityhistory 03714
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 16/04/2026My (very small) office for the week, recording the audiobook of Disability: a History of Resistance. Radical Newport seems a fitting place to be recording my words on disabled people's role in 19th century working class struggles. 2182
Reposted by David TurnerGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 17/12/2025A great event towards the end of Jan - m'learned colleague Daniel Gordon, who recently took voluntary redundancy from academia, is going to reflect on how that feels and what it's like. Since many academics are going to be in that position, important. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-univers...eventbrite.co.ukUK Universities in Crisis: Reflections on Leaving Salaried AcademiaJoin fellow Gramscian Daniel Gordon, navigating personal reflections on the fractures of UK Academia. 12211
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025It was great to be invited by aMai Musié to be part of this article on disability access and representation in the arts and cultural sector alongside Kyle Lewis Jordan and Touretteshero's Jess Thom. www.artsprofessional.co.uk/feature/noth...artsprofessional.co.ukNothing Without Us: Disability in the arts and cultural sector - Arts ProfessionalDr Mai Musié, senior manager at the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE), speaks to three leaders working at the intersection of research and the cultural sector about disability... 0102
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 08/11/202530 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy 081
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Great to be at the Being Human Festival launch at the BFI, showcasing our event on disability activism and the Disability Discrimination Act #disabiliyhistory #publichumanities 090
Reposted by David TurnerDavid Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukHistory's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC SoundsA worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions. 1114
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukHistory's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC SoundsA worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions. 1114
Reposted by David TurnerHelen Ellis @hjellis.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Request for help from the autistic community! 💜♾️ I'm writing a book about autistic people's relationships with food & drink, and I want to include more personal examples/stories than just my own If anyone is interested in contributing, this survey link has more info: www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGCYTJP 42214
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 22/07/2025My talk on 18th century histories of disability and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research is now available as a podcast www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukHistories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth CenturyBritish History in the Long 18th Century Semianr 22915
Reposted by David TurnerLysistrata’s Stone Phallus @lubottom.bsky.social · 18/07/20257 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band. 245165613326
Reposted by David TurnerRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17/07/2025How do history undergraduates routinely use generative AI in the classroom? In a new post on the RHS blog, David Clayton, Henrice Altink & Esther Wilson review their recent project: 'Piloting the responsible and effective use of generative AI in undergraduate History Teaching' bit.ly/40loJUG 1/2 1187
Reposted by David TurnerDavid Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 13/07/2025This week! Creative consultation event on Welsh Government's Disabled People's Action Plan organised by Autistic UK and Disability Arts Cymru www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-life-my...eventbrite.co.ukMy Life My Voice Creative ConsultationEventbrite - Autistic UK presents My Life My Voice Creative Consultation - Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Friday, July 18, 2025 - Find event and ticket information. 002
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 13/07/2025This week! Creative consultation event on Welsh Government's Disabled People's Action Plan organised by Autistic UK and Disability Arts Cymru www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-life-my...eventbrite.co.ukMy Life My Voice Creative ConsultationEventbrite - Autistic UK presents My Life My Voice Creative Consultation - Thursday, July 17, 2025 | Friday, July 18, 2025 - Find event and ticket information. 002
Reposted by David TurnerOldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 05/07/2025OUT FOR ONE MONTH! The updated Railway Work, Life & Death project database of accidents to British & Irish railway staff, 1855-1939. Exactly a month ago we added 69,000 records - & 2000 of you have downloaded, with 14.6k views: thank you! See:railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk69,000 railway company records released! - Railway Work, Life & DeathAn introduction to our new data release - railway staff accident records produced by English & Welsh railway companies, 1855-1929. 078
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Next week I'll be speaking on the long history of disabled people's agency and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research. Everyone welcome! www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...history.ac.ukHistories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century 05730
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Welsh Government's Disabled People's Rights plan is now open for consultation. Follow the link to read the recommendations and have your say: www.gov.wales/draft-disabl...gov.walesDraft Disabled People’s Rights Plan | GOV.WALESWe want your views on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan. 020
Reposted by David TurnerDr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Here we go folks: hitchcockian.medium.com/this-is-the-...hitchcockian.medium.comThis is the paper I gave to historians about “AI” last week.I was at Queen Mary University in London last week at a charming conference that turned out to be mainly about modern British history. I… 2149
Reposted by David TurnerOldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Monday is International Workers Memorial Day - #IWMD #IWMD25 This is a really important day for the Railway Work, Life & Death project, given our focus. On Monday, every hour for 24 hours, we'll post details of past UK railway staff hurt by their work: follow #IWMDHourByHour 0205
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025We're hiring! Postdoctoral researcher post on the AMEND project exploring early modern neurodivergence, working with Dr Laura Seymour www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate at Swansea UniversitySearching for an academic job? Explore this Postdoctoral Research Associate opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs. 043
Reposted by David TurnerDr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 26/02/2025ICYMI: the many-headed monster has just launched a new mini-series on Visual Culture in #EarlyModern England. Over the next month we celebrating the relaunch of British Printed Image to 1700 by publishing guest posts on the theme. 1st post tomorrow (Thurs)!🗃️ manyheadedmonster.com/2025/02/24/a...manyheadedmonster.comA new life for ‘British Printed Images to 1700’Laura Sangha This post introduces our new mini-series Visual Culture in early modern England. Guest posts in the mini-series will be published over the course of the next month – we will add links … 03812
Reposted by David TurnerClaire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Check out this blog post by Jess Gregory, my PhD student, on indecent advertisements in public toilets in the late c19th/early 20th: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-history-...blog.nationalarchives.gov.ukThe history of ‘indecent advertisements’ in public toilets - The National Archives blogPhD student Jessica Gregory examines illicit advertising in the early 20th century. 54115
Reposted by David TurnerAm @ambobdim.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Artist y Mis Disability Arts Cymru Artist of the Month: Rightkeysonly 🎶 An EDM artist, known for bringing experimental beats and heavy baselines to the music sector of Wales. Dysgwch fwy am ei sengl newydd 'dRip' nawr: amam.cymru/disability-a... 022
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025What a pleasure #BSECS2025 was! Thanks to the organisers for inviting me and for everyone who came to hear my keynote, the biggest gig of my career! 081
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Excited to be giving the keynote at #BSECS2025. Looking forward to meeting everyone and catching up with some old friends. 0304
Reposted by David TurnerWiltshire & Swindon History Centre @heritagewshc.bsky.social · 02/01/2025A fascinating resource comprising union & labour movement journals from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by David TurnerChris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Hello, Radio 3. Do you have a picture of Béla Bartók right at the moment the lead detective asks him to open his fridge? 411411
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 13/12/2024As part of Disability History Month I did an interview for the BBC's Access All podcast, discussing histories of disability and work and busting some myths. Listen (or access the transcript) here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...bbc.co.ukBBC Sounds - Access All: Disability News and Mental Health, New kids’ toys launched to help people with hidden disabilitiesToy figures wearing lanyards could help children understand hidden disabilities 080
Reposted by David TurnerRachel Anderson @rach-anderson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024My very first article has been published in the American Historical Review! ✨ In it I've transcribed a handful of petitions that help us to understand how people began to piece their lives back together following an outbreak of plague 👇 academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...academic.oup.comThe Lancashire Plague Petitions: Life after the Plague in Early Modern EnglandAbstract. Historians typically explore the resilience of past societies in terms of large-scale outcomes like population levels. In contrast, this paper ex 23582115
Reposted by David TurnerLawrence Carter-Long @lcarterlong.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Lowercase #hashtags are inaccessible to blind folks—and they confuse everyone. In 2012, #susanalbumparty earned singer Susan Boyle the wrong kind of attention. Capitalizing #EachNewWord (aka #CamelCase) would’ve prevented the #SocialMediaFail. #LetThisGuideYou #AccessHelpsEveryone #Disability 14219
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 03/12/2024It's Disability History Month and there are lots of resources on this year's theme of employment and livelihood (including a long interview with me) on the #UKDHM website ukdhm.org/category/res...ukdhm.org2024: Disability Livelihood and Employment – UK Disability History Month 23211
Reposted by David TurnerHorus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Come visit my current temporary exhibition: MAPPING AN UNEVEN PATH: STORIES OF HEALTH AND DISABILITY AT VERULAMIUM 15th November 2024 - 23rd February 2025 Explore what archaeology can tell us about Roman ideas about health and disability. www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/map... 55717
Reposted by David TurnerEmily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social · 14/11/2024UK #DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today! I'll be trying to share interesting material & historians throughout. But, as good an introduction as any: last year I spoke on 'Disability & Mobility Aids in Britain 1600–1800' & the video & transcript are here. dremilycock.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/d...dremilycock.wordpress.comDisability and Mobility Aids in Britain 1600–1800In November 2023 I spoke online as part of Cardiff University’s acknowledgement of UK Disability History Month. The recording is now available here: Disability and Mobility Aids in Britain 16… 211652
Reposted by David TurnerHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15/11/2024Long before the modern disabled people’s movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity. @profdavidturner.bsky.social investigates the development of disabled people’s activism in Victorian Britain.historyworkshop.org.ukDisabled People’s Activism in Victorian BritainLong before the modern disabled people's movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity. 817173
Reposted by David TurnerEvan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Disability Historians starter pack. The more the merrier: go.bsky.app/4MB7iob 37205118
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Disability History Month begins this week and I'll be presenting a short overview of the history of disability and work at the online launch on Thursday. Details of the event and how to join can be found here: ukdhm.org/events/ukdhm.orgEvents – UK Disability History Month 0198
Reposted by David TurnerMary O’Toole @drawmycare.bsky.social · 09/11/2024#History hat on here, link to a brilliant online #Disability #coproduced #archive (needs print version for deposit libraries) But my interest area is the stuff happening outside these state policy/institutions 1960s on #GapsInTheArchives www.lancslearningdisabilityinstitutions.org.uklancslearningdisabilityinstitutions.org.ukLancashire Learning Disability Institutions | A people’s history of institutional life 041
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 07/10/2024We tend to position disabled people in 'cared for' roles in histories of the family, but in 19th century working class households they were also carers and contributors. My new article for JEMH journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1134
David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 03/10/2024Out today! My piece for History Workshop on the long history of disabled people's political activism and the Victorian precursors of the social model of disability 02612