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Hi everyone, we are in the process of moving to Bluesky! We may still post big news here for awhile but Bluesky will now be our main home. Find us there @dismatters.bsky.social and follow😄

Last year, UKRI funded EDICa to conduct focus groups and interviews with PhD students on terms & conditions - including pay. UKRI have now published this report: ukri.org/publications/e… And published a statement announcing a change in T&Cs and 8% increase in minimum stipend. 1/4

FYI the recording of the Disability Matters online symposium 2024 is now on our website! Available as both video with captions and audio-only with large captions😊

📢Postdocs advertised at the University of Manchester! See these 2 calls. Get in touch w/ any of us Social Anthropology Manchester if you'd like to apply. humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fundi… humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fundi…

ICYMI Disability Matters is now on Bluesky🦋 Please follow and share widely!

There are just three weeks to go until our symposium, 'Disability and Fairy Tales: Keeping the Magic, Confronting the Stigma'! Book your FREE tickets here: disabledtales.co.uk/programme.html #Folklore #FairyTales #AcademicChatter #Disability

Our first project blog post - What does Cripping Breath mean to us? Meet the team! Dr. Kirsty Liddiard Julie Ellis Grace Joseph Dr Louise Atkinson Jamie Hale Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield Education@Sheffield Jennifer Kettle 🕷️ Dr Suzanne Glover Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance CRIPtic Arts sheffield.ac.uk/cripping-breat…

We're super happy to share that a new member has joined our team! Please welcome Jodi Lamanna, who will be working with our Co-I Prof Jackie Leach Scully at the Disability Innovation Institute, University of New South Wales. Read more news here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disabil…

ICYMI: Our Canadian colleagues Prof Tanya Titchkosky and Dr Elaine Cagulada were recently featured on Ontario Institute for Studies in Education News: oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/09-…

‼️We are absolutely delighted to announce the #CFP for our group's seminar this year "Poetics of (Self)Extinction: Loss and Disappearance from the Perspective of the #MedicalHumanities" 📩You can send us your #abstracts up until the 5th of March! 👇Here is all the information!

Ahead of our symposium on 24th & 25th Feb, we’ve added these details to our programme page 👇 1. Summary of each presentation. 2. Synopses of the tales to be discussed. 3. Links to full versions of tales. 4. Key terminology & definitions. disabledtales.co.uk/programme.html

History, Eugenics, and Human Enhancement: How the Past Can Inform Ethical Debates in the Present A conference on 24th March at St Anne's College, Oxford Link to register: torch.ox.ac.uk/event/history-…

Excited to share our Research Associate Grace Joseph's work on the journal, Platform: Journal of Theatre and Performing Arts. This issue can be (open) accessed online here 🙌🏽 platform-gatherings.com thearthouseuk CRIPtic Arts Dr Louise Atkinson Education@Sheffield DisabilityMatters

To our disabled friends in the UK right now, we wanted to share this series on the joy of being disabled: wellcomecollection.org/series/the-joy… We are not and will never be a cost or a burden. #DisabilityBenefits proves why we must continue to do what we do as a community.

Just issued call for Papers from EPIC: epistemicinjusticeinhealthcare.org/epic-events/f/…

We’re inviting Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and Intersectional DPOs to take part in a series of co-produced online sessions to help shape our consultation response to the government’s proposed 2025 welfare reforms! Click on link for more info👇 disabilityrightsuk.org/news/welfare-c…

New event alert ✨ Join us in July to explore how we can shape inclusive research cultures. Find out more and book your ticket: tickettailor.com/events/disabil… iHuman Education@Sheffield Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield @CrippingBreath

From #DisabilyDialogues: In 'Dancing on Thin Ice: Adventures in Reconciling the Deaf Studies/Disability Studies Divide', Ryan Bramley writes about disciplinary tensions when working in Deaf Studies and Disabilitly Studies. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-wor…

Nicole Redvers & Christina Lee reflect on relational ethics, resistance, and making space for subjugated knowledge in health research. A powerful start to the #EthicsInPractice series. 🔗 Listen now: ethicsinpractice.net/episode/an-inv… Niyoshi Quicksand