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QMU Toy Box Diversity Lab

@toyboxdiversitylab.bsky.social

Research and practice lab based at QMU. Looking at tackling #ableism and promoting #disability literacy in #education settings

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QMU Toy Box Diversity Lab @toyboxdiversitylab.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

In the news again: this time @drcuytman.bsky.social talks media representation of disabled people: Full report below 👇

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Do come along if you can!

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Apply to do a PhD with the @toyboxdiversitylab.bsky.social www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/p...

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QMU Toy Box Diversity Lab @toyboxdiversitylab.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Join @drsianjones.bsky.social and @drcuytman.bsky.social 's next run of our short course Details at the link www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/s...

Join the next cohort of our short course, 'Disability Confidence for Educational Professionals'

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Learn about ableist practice in education using the social and affirmative models of disability

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

@drcuytman.bsky.social and I will host the first 2025 meeting of the disability literacy in educational settings network on 14 January 1600 GMT If you'd like the meeting link you can sign up at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/wosdec...

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

@drcuytman.bsky.social and the @toyboxdiversitylab.bsky.social will be there :-)

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

@ClareUytman & I are recruiting parents & carers for a brief questionnaire study on the topic of teaching about disability and ableism in schools. If you are eligible, we would love to hear your response. We also value reposts. The link to take part is buff.ly/4eOHX9l

Who: Parents and carers of children aged 17 years and younger, who would like to share their views.

What: A study about your perceptions of the way that disability is talked about in schools.

How: A short, online questionnaire

If you would like to be involved in this research project please scan the QR code opposite or the link below and work through the questions.

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/parental-views-talking-and-thinking-about-disability-what-works

If you have any questions, please ask
Dr Sian E Jones Email: SJones@qmu.ac.uk

This project has received ethical approval from the Psychology, Sociology and Education Division Research Ethics Committee.

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Dr Sian Jones (she | her) @drsianjones.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Delighted that our newest paper with @drcuytman.bsky.social & Catriona Rennie is now published open access @toyboxdiversitylab.bsky.social Unlocking imaginations: lessons learnt from using story stem completion with young children

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