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Today we hear from our Swim School Manager about teaching swimming to disabled individuals and the work we do with Level Water! “All pupils deserve the opportunity to learn to swim...” 🏊‍♀️🏊 brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport/… #BrookesSportDisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM #swimming

Join Thrive Aid on 3rd December, The International Day of Disabled People, to celebrate the lives and contributions of disabled people through disability art and culture. Find out more about the virtual worldwide event - facebook.com/events/4347980…

Some great events happening as a part of UK Disability History Month #UKDHM - click the tag. Many important ideas in #SocialWork have come from disabled people's organisations, e.g. social model of disability. Free resources from Inclusion London here inclusionlondon.org.uk/disability-in-…

Our final post of week 2 is a discussion with Kit Cutter🏑📚 He talks about teaching and coaching disabled individuals and the importance of inclusion and accessibility in physical activity. 👇👇👇 m.youtube.com/watch?t=415s&v… #BrookesSportDisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM

On the theme of #UKDHM, I've just found a whole series of BBC radio podcasts about disability history in the 18th & 19th centuries (thanks to Daniel Blackie). In the first one, Peter White tells the story of "The Only Dwarf in Liverpool" bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01…

We are now into week 3 of #BrookesSportDisabilityHistoryMonth and today’s piece is all about KEEN Oxford and the work they do in our local community and what you can do to get involved✨ ⬇️⬇️⬇️ brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport/… #UKDHM

The ‘magic of fantasy’ - how can we be more creative? Our research shows the many ways we can foster novel thinking, such as engaging in a good fantastical novel or film mailchi.mp/c5fa05e61372/h…

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Short (3m) video from the USA about Ed Roberts, one of the founders of the Independent Living Movement #UKDHM youtube.com/watch?v=KMYDoC… "There are very few people, even with the most severe disabilities, who can't take control of their own life."

We recently caught up with Rosie on her experience of the Rickshaw Challenge Rosie and Team Rickshaw smashed their target and cycled 830 miles and raise over £5 million!!! We are so proud of Rosie! 👇 brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport/… #BrookesSportDisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM

Interesting thread from the good people at Joseph Rowntree Foundation marking International Day of Disabled People, reviewing the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and looking at what's happening now #UKDHM

It’s going to be brilliant - a real festival of creative talent 🥳🎤🎷🎸🎹🎭🤹🏾🥁

Happy #IDPD2020! We're going global! We want to create and celebrate a global community of people who are disabled or who want to be disability changemakers. But, we need your help to understand the global disability community.

OBU_SocialWork OBU_SocialWork To celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities #IDPD2020, the good folks at Inclusion London have produced this amazing timeline of disability activism and progress towards inclusion #UKDHM inclusionlondon.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

On #IDPWD2020, I want to flag up just some of my favourite disabled women who are writing, creating, reporting - and representing us. Esther Webber Nikki Fox - BBC News & Watchdog Presenter Natasha Lipman Lara Parker Sinéad Burke Vic and so many more

Australian radio interview with athlete and journalist @alifrance5 that clearly explains what access (or the lack of it) means for disabled people. abc.net.au/radio/brisbane… #IDPD2020 #UKDHM This kind of thing still happens every day, sadly.

The good folks at Bloomsbury Digital Resources have made their "A Cultural History of Disability" series abvailabile on open access rb.gy/qdir3z Thanks to Samuel Yates (whose work is included) for the link! #UKDHM

2 Job Vacancy Alerts: Come work for Oxford Brookes University! We are in search for a part time, permanent Lecturer in Social Work and a full time, permanent Teaching Fellow in Social Work. Apply below by 10/02/21. Search keywords 'Social Work': my.corehr.com/pls/oburecruit…