I look forward to attending the first two webinars in the WAARC series "Dreaming Up A Disability-Inclusive Workplace" taking place on the last Wednesday of October and November:

29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo
www.tickettailor.com/events/wellc... (1/2)

Our October online symposium from Spain is happening TOMORROW! Get your tickets and read the papers on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Please join us for another online symposium on October 2nd 12-1pm BST with Andrea Garcia-Santesmases, Laura Sanmiquel-Molinero, Javier Monforte from Spain!
sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

A recap from a fantastic day at our Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies.

#MadCrip2025

@cripmadsymposium.bsky.social

autisticltd.co.uk/2025/06/20/e...

What an honour to be joining the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice @ijdsj.bsky.social (ijdsj.online)
Here are some of the things I love about this journal:
a) it is a Diamond Open Access journal, meaning it is free to read online and with (1/4)

If you weren't able to make it on the day, here is the recording of the webinar on 'Childhood and Disability' I contributed to, alongside the wonderful Anastasia Todd & Susan Flynn:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB2A...
Thank you @clpn.bsky.social & Hedi for organising, chairing & bringing us together!

Tomorrow (Tuesday 25th)!

📣Join our webinar on "Childhood & Disability."

⌚️ 5–6.30 PM GMT (12–1.30 PM EST).

With @antoniosktenidis.bsky.social, Anastasia Todd & Susan Flynn.

To register (for free), use the link in the comment below.

Really looking forward to presenting on this webinar on Childhood and Disability next Tuesday at 5pm UK time, along with the amazing Anastasia Todd and Susan Flynn. Tickets still available:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ch...

Last Monday (20th January) I delivered my two guest lectures for the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London to 60 doctoral candidates!

In the first lecture we discussed how learning disabilities are defined (by whom, what 'expertise' is drawn upon e.g. (1/9)

Hello! I’m making a final call for my ongoing research into disability employment. I’m looking at the experiences of disabled people seeking work in the UK.

If you could complete the survey or know someone who may, it’s here:

cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bD…

Thank you.

So pleased to be contributing to this amazing webinar on Childhood and Disability, along with the brilliant
Dr Cooper & Dr Anastasia Todd, organised by the Childhood, Law & Policy Network on the 25th February, 5pm. Tickets & more info here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ch...
The title of my (1/2)

Following an election, I am so excited to start as a convenor for the British Educational Research Association's (BERA) Inclusive Education Special Interest Group (SIG), working along with the amazing Karen Zecca and Janet Hoskin! Grateful to be building on the wonderful legacy Louise Arnold (1/3)

Proud supervisors' (@kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social & I) highlight: our EdD candidate, Melanie Henshaw, passed her viva. Her thesis' title: 'Tigers on the Lawn: Hated for Being Me: An Autoethnographic Journey Through Bullying as a Disabled Child in the English Education System'. Thank you to the 1/2

I thoroughly enjoyed leading a session for our PhD cohort on "Theoretical and analytical frameworks in doctoral writing". So nice to talk about 'theory as healing' (hooks 1991), 'plugging in' (Jackson & Mazzei, 2013), & 'plunder as a method' (Hughes, Goodley, & Davis, 2012). We discussed the 1/2

My latest publication (proudly open access!) in the International Journal of Inclusive Education. Title: Support as a double-edged sword: a social-relational understanding of teaching assistants’ support to young people with dwarfism in secondary schools. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1st post here, so starting with a blog post on teaching at a Critical Disability Studies PhD course in Copenhagen with the great @profkrc.bsky.social & Dan Goodley! I introduced my Anti-Ableist Pedagogical Principles & led a lecture on positionality & disability. www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/news/...