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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 4d

We’ve had an influx of new followers over the last few days, so welcome everyone! If you want to find out more about what UKDHHH does, and join our mailing lists, please have a look at our website: #DisHist

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Horus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social · 7d

Next Saturday 11th October, I'll be travelling up to Barnsley to deliver a lecture for the wonderful Hapy Egyptology Society. This lecture will be an overview to my work on disability in Ancient Egypt, focusing primarily on what we can tell about the ancient Egyptian's attitudes towards disability.

The Hapy Egyptology Society

Attitudes to Disability in Ancient Egypt

Born with Cerebral Palsy, Kyle Jordan has been passionate about ancient Egypt from an early age. He completed his masters degree at University College London, where his thesis explored the use and significance of disabled bodies within early societies in Egypt.

The many lectures he has given have proven to be thought-provoking, occasionally funny and often moving.

The Cooper Gallery in Barnsley

Saturday 11th October at 4:15pm

A buffet is included afterwards with tea or coffee

Tickets are £15 (£14 for members) from the Cooper Gallery. They can be reserved by calling the Cooper Gallery on 01226 775678 or by visiting the Hapy Society website at hapysociety dot org. Cash sales only, please

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 5d

The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-launc...

Film Launch: £12.40 an hour for a shower

The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 5d

#DisabilityDialogues Esraa Rehan writes about designing for disability and why architecture needs to engage with critical disability studies. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

Why Does Architecture Need to Engage with Critical Disability Studies?

by Esraa Rehan

sheffield.ac.uk

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Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social · 5d

Lex Academic scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students doing groundbreaking research in the humanities!

www.lexacademic.com/scholarships/

Scholarships - Lex Academic®

www.lexacademic.com

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 5d

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

Closing dates for next application rounds:
Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025

The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · 17d

GWL is commissioning new works for our #WeMakeMuseums project to be exhibited at Glasgow International 2026.

We’re seeking women artists with socially engaged, intersectional practices informed by environmental, class-aware, & anti-racist approaches.
womenslibrary.org.uk/2025/09/24/a...

A colourful jigsaw puzzle background with words like “Creativity,” “Women,” “Neurodivergent Voices,” “Learning and Healing,” and “Quilting” on the pieces. Overlaid in the centre is a bold green box with large white text that reads: “ARTIST OPEN CALL.” At the bottom are the logos of Glasgow Women’s Library and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 14d

🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open!

Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'.

Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17d

New this week in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'.

"Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography", by Alana Harris and Laura Mitchison bit.ly/4gH9e0f

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First page of new TRHS article: 'Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography'

Abstract in full
‘Us and Them’ is a community history project and artistic collaboration exploring physical and intellectual disability and mental illness, in the past and present. It is part of a broader initiative to open out wider conversations about the history of psychiatric care in Epsom (Surrey, UK) and to explore ways in which medical histories, creative engagement strategies and oral history praxis can illuminate the instability of contemporary understandings of ‘healthy minds’ and ‘normative bodies’. This article charts our recent reuse of asylum photography and the restaging of wet-plate collodion portrait making, opening out key ethical questions about our complicity as consumers of historical sources, the role of re-enactment and empathy, and the place of the haptic and the ludic in exposing the porous and precarious boundaries between ableism and disability. Exploring our own vulnerabilities and solidarities in co-producing a public history project with our disabled artist collaborators, it offers insight into our evolving ‘micro ethics’, foregrounds lived experience perspectives, and offers some initial thoughts on ways to rethink critically some core tenets of oral history methodology.

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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 23d

A reminder that this is happening THIS Friday!

UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 29d

🚨Our monthly events are back!🚨

Join us and Dr Tobias Teutenberg on the 19th September at 5pm (UK time) for a presentation and discussion on “Tempted to Touch: The History of Tactile Art Galleries for the Blind”! #DisHist

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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 29d

And keep an eye out for announcements on our October and November events soon! #DisHist

UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 29d

If you are already on our monthly event mailing list, you should have already received an email about this! If you aren’t and want to sign up, you can do so on our website:

ukdishisthub.mystrikingly.com

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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 29d

🚨Our monthly events are back!🚨

Join us and Dr Tobias Teutenberg on the 19th September at 5pm (UK time) for a presentation and discussion on “Tempted to Touch: The History of Tactile Art Galleries for the Blind”! #DisHist

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · Sep 3

TWO tenure track jobs in #DisabilityStudies at the University of Buffalo! Teaching and research interests in gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or Indigenous cultures or methodologies preferred. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/57847

Assistant Professor, Disability Studies

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the humanities and qualitati...

www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu

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Ash Paley @ashpaley.bsky.social · Jul 17

Call for Papers: Leeds IMC 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities

Deadline: Monday 15th September 9am
#CFP #IMC2026 #Medievalsky #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer

Call for papaers poster. Medieval image of Hildegard of Bingen as header. Neurodivergent infinity loop behind text.

Text reads: Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress 2026
Neurodivergent and Neuroqueer Temporalities

Over the past decade, critical neurodiversity studies and neuroqueer theory have come to prominence. These new paradigms seek to explore differences in mind through an understanding that there are naturally diverse ways of being rather than through pathologisation. While the paradigms are beginning to be used in other academic disciplines, they are yet to be implemented in a significant way in medieval studies. This panel seeks to change this by encouraging medievalists to see the potentials in neuroqueer and neurodivergent scholarship and prompting discussion in these areas.
This panel is requesting proposals for papers which examine aspects of medieval temporalities through a neurodivergent or neuroqueer lens. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Application of contemporary neuroqueer or neurodivergent theory to medieval temporal concerns.
• Examination of non-normative experiences of time, e.g. in mystical ecstasy.
• Exploration of neuroqueer attitudes to normative lifecycles.
• Examination of the effects of time and age on the mind in medieval texts.
• Neurodivergent readings of medieval material relating to temporalities.

Paper proposals should be under 200 words and accompanied by a short bio. Proposals should be sent to A.T.Paley1@leeds.ac.uk for the attention of Ash Paley and Daniel Coultas by 9am on Monday 15th September 2025.

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Laurence Dubois @laurencedubois.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our international conference "Who Cares? Psychiatry in the English-speaking World : Theories and Policies" will be taking place on 19-21 March 2026 at @uparisnanterre.bsky.social, with @creananterre.bsky.social
CFP - ⏰ extended deadline 8 Sept ➡️ whocares.hypotheses.org/call-for-pap...

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Coreen McGuire @coreenanne.bsky.social · Aug 29

New review article, 'disability history gets to work' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Disability History Gets to Work | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

Disability History Gets to Work

www.cambridge.org

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Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Interesting to hear @1812andallthat.bsky.social present on disabled veteran Shadrack Byfield & the War of 1812 for @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social this afternoon! Byfield had his arm amputated & later had an attachment made so that he could return to weaving (which obvs interested me lots) #DisHist

Opening slide of a presentation. The slide is predominantly green with black text reading: Searching for Shadrack Byfield. There is a drawing of two men to the left side of the slide: of notice is the man facing the viewers who has a wooden artificial leg.

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

History's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC Sounds

A worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · Sep 1

#DisabilityDialogues Research Associate Jodi Lamanna and Co-Investigator Jackie Leach Scully write about researching disability in Australia and ask: Have people with disability been asked about their health priorities? sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

Have people with disability been asked about their health priorities?

By Jodi Lamanna and Jackie Leach Scully

sheffield.ac.uk

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · Aug 31

Free Disability Research zines, all made by the Disability Action Research Kollective (DARK) Find them and subscribe to new releases here : linktr.ee/disabilityark

Disability and film, horror, star trek, dwarfism, saints, ancient egypt, eugenics, gods, leaders, radicals, communists, anarchists, history, feminists.

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · Sep 2

DARK is looking for volunteers to write 350 word summaries of current policies and laws that negatively impact the lives of disabled people. This will be for a free zine handed out to protesters outside the conference. Email disabilityarkmedia(at)gmail.com to get involved.

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Paralympic Heritage @paraheritage.bsky.social · Sep 2

#OnThisDay in 2012, the @paralympicsgb.bsky.social mixed coxed four brought home gold at Dorney.

Adaptive rower Naomi Riches MBE shared her incredible memories of race day here: www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/naomi-riches

#Rowing #Paralympics @britishrowing.bsky.social @britishblindsport.org.uk

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · Aug 20

The BBC's Accessibility Guide has several resources, including step-by-step instructions to using assistive technologies. The resource includes insight into several assistive technologies, including VoiceOver, JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, ClaroRead, and Dragon.

bbc.github.io/accessibilit...

Testing with assistive technology - Accessibility, Your Team and You

Team guide - Testing with assistive technology. What, when and how to test with AT.

bbc.github.io

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Paralympic Heritage @paraheritage.bsky.social · Aug 14

1 year ago we launched the Disability Sports Catalogue with
@bucksarchives.bsky.social, ‘a huge milestone for Paralympic heritage’ said Natalia Dannenberg-Spreier of @paralympics.org.♿🏛️🎓

Explore the 35,000 items now searchable online: archives.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/disabilitysp...

#OnThisDay

A scan of a copy of the 1950 Summer edition of the publication 'The Cord'. It shows three photographs and some accompanying article text about the design of the Jack Cross folding chair.

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