Disability History Month

Disability History month 2021 runs from 18 November until 20 December and has joint themes for this year:

• Disability and Hidden Impairment
• Disability Sex and Relationships

"York's Disability History Month talks and events are a source of inspiration. Bringing the narratives around the empowerment of disabled people to the fore has never been more important." Mo Onyett and Penny Spikins, co-chairs of INCLUDE

Events

• Tuesday 23 November, 6pm to 7pm: "They hear, but don't listen": Experience of disability in higher education by Dr Nicole Brown, UCL
• Thursday 25 November, 6pm to 7pm: Disability and Technology: past, present and possibilities by members of the University’s Teaching and Learning Team
• Tuesday 30 November, 7pm to 8pm: Journey to being active: In conversation with Mo Onyett, Frame Runner and Paralympic Boccia Player and Frame Runner Beth Moulam
• Wednesday 1 December, 5.30pm to 6.30pm: Inventing Polio Care at Saint-Fargeau: Disability and the Welfare State in Interwar France by Rebecca Scales, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Monday 6 December, 18.15pm-19.15pm: Intersectionality: action from knowledge

City-wide events

• 27 November to 4 December: York Disability Week

There is a programme of events planned during this week, including art exhibitions, workshops and forums. For more information, visit our website.

Watch again

• Access for Whom - Dr Ossie Stuart
• Don’t stop negotiating autism and academia - Jason Arday
• Dyslexia superpower: Moving from disability through learning difference to advantage - Nigel Lockett

Support for students: Disability Services Student Hub Disabled Students’ Network

Support for staff: Human Resources INCLUDE network Support for Disabled Staff web pages