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W-ICAD @w-icad.bsky.social · Jun 3

W-ICAD's @alisonfe.bsky.social describes being shortlisted as "recognition of the power and impact of co-creation, and the ways in which we can work towards richer inclusive museum experiences." Visit w-icad.org to find out the impact that W-ICAD can have in your museum!

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W-ICAD (Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description) enables the museum sector to produce descriptive interpretation with blind, partially blind & sighted people

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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · May 23

I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4

A photo of Jess Thom, a white, wheelchair using woman looking into the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a blue and green hoodie, black padded gloves and is pictured in from of a brick wall

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · May 22

This is really important, not least considering our discussion yesterday @blindspothannah.bsky.social and @ihereyounowthis.bsky.social about the need to recognise critical disability studies as a discipline in #AHRC funding applications.

Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · May 22

For the morning crowd - please do sign and share. Every single one of my former #DisabilityStudies colleagues at Liverpool Hope is at risk of redundancy. This isn't just about individuals; it's a threat to the field itself.

Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · May 21

Jill Pluquailec of Sheffield Hallam has organised an open letter laying out the impact on #DisabilityStudies as a field - please do share and sign [add a comment with your info]

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · May 19

If you have completed the W-ICAD training w-icad.org/about-the-on... come join us at our facilitators network event!

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The Sensational Museum @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join us at the #AccessInMuseums Conference in Leeds this morning - Hannah, @charlotteslark.bsky.social and @sophievohra.bsky.social will be in the Thoresby room from 11.15am today (Thursday 20th March) talking about 'Running an Accessible Workshop'. We'd love to see you there.

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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · Feb 24

We’re looking for people to take part in a short survey about light in theatres. If you’re someone who's experienced issues with light in the theatre, please fill out this short survey. There are 8 questions shown as text & pictures, more here: www.touretteshero.com/2025/02/10/l...

Launching Light Maps: The Next Chapter – Dr Will Renel

Back in October 2023 I wrote about relaxed performance practice and the importance of developing tools and approaches that support audiences to access art, theatre and live performance. This is partic...

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Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social · Feb 11

We're excited to launch the next phase of our #LightMaps project, exploring how light can be a barrier for disabled & neurodivergent people in the theatre. If you've got perspectives you're up for sharing do complete our short survey. Spread the word too www.touretteshero.com/2025/02/10/l...

Launching Light Maps: The Next Chapter – Dr Will Renel

Back in October 2023 I wrote about relaxed performance practice and the importance of developing tools and approaches that support audiences to access art, theatre and live performance. This is partic...

www.touretteshero.com

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Jan 23

Esther’s brilliant chapter in my new edited book describes a sector leading project - Curating for Change - which provides paid placements to support Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people to develop a career as a museum curator. Find out more below!

Accentuate_Curating Visibility @accentuateuk.bsky.social · Jan 23

Esther Fox @appleyardfox.bsky.social, Head of Accentuate, contributes a chapter to ‘Museum Accessibility Spectrum: Reimagining Access and Inclusion’, edited by Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social and Vanessa Jones.

Now the book's free digital version is available to download: shorturl.at/WLuil

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Jan 9

Submit a proposal for Conference 2025 📩

We're looking for proposals for bold, innovative sessions for #Museums2025 that bring us together to find solutions to the critical issues of the day.

Read the guidelines and submit yours by 20 January 👇

Propose a session for Conference 2025 - Museums Association

7-9 October 2025, Cardiff and online Following the success of Conference 2024, we look forward to welcoming you to Conference 2025 at St Fagans National

www.museumsassociation.org

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Mark Haselgrove @markhaselgrove.bsky.social · Sep 17

A starter pack of schools or departments of psychology from around the world.

Please share, encourage your school/dept social-media person to join up, and feel free to suggest additions...

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go.bsky.app/FmgYgVj

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Jan 8

Happy Birthday! Wishing you a fabulous next year of life 😊

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Dec 18

The last University of Westminster PhD residential writing retreat of the year, at the Abbey Sutton Courtenay. A magical combination of relaxation, productivity and conversation (with yoga and walks).

A very tall Christmas tree lights a large hall with a vaulted ceiling, bathing it it a white lights. Yoga mats are laid out on the floor, each with someone seated on it.

A photo so smiling people outside, with Tudor buildings in the background.

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Dec 18

Save the date: Launch of free online training course for the Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description (W-ICAD). The free training course is launching on 14th Jan 2025, with a launch event (4-5pm GMT).
More details at w-icad.org
@blindspothannah.bsky.social @therealdrdebs.bsky.social

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W-ICAD (Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description) enables the museum sector to produce descriptive interpretation with blind, partially blind & sighted people

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Horus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social · Dec 17

Very happy to have been invited to co-author a blog for the #BritishMuseum showcasing some #DisabilityHistory stories from the Museum's ancient Egyptian collections. This forms part of a continuing collaboration investing stories of disability at the BM.

www.britishmuseum.org/blog/eight-h...

Eight histories of disabled people in ancient Egypt

Explore the lived experiences of disabled people in ancient Egypt and the ways they were incorporated into ancient society.

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Karl Mercer @karlantmercer.bsky.social · Dec 17

A blog featuring my wonderful Curating Visibility Colleague Anahita.

Well worth a read.

www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/fight-f...

The fight for disability rights in London: A personal perspective

www.londonmuseum.org.uk

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Nov 30

Hope she is feeling better today.

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Nov 29

Please do get in touch if you are interested. We are actively seeking to recruit people with lived experience of deafness and/or deaf culture and BSL, ASL or International Sign. We will have a BSL summary of the project available on 4th December! Deadline 6th January, so please do get in touch!

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Dr Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social · Nov 29

Excited to announce a funded PhD studentship for the project: Signing Sound: Deaf Gain within Inclusive Co-created Audio Descriptions of Museum Experiences.

With @aud2526.bsky.social @johnnyravo.bsky.social @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social @sim-manchester.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW721/p...

PhD Studentship: Signing Sound: Deaf Gain within Inclusive Co-created Audio Descriptions of Museum Experiences at University of Westminster

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Sandwich Guildhall Museum @sandwichmuseum.bsky.social · Nov 29

Okay FINE, we'll share our photo of the Deal Man. He seems to be appearing all over the place? He wandered in front of the camera when we were taking a photo of the building the other day. Rude.

Photograph of Sandwich Guildhall, with blue sky behind it and shadows across the square in front. In the foreground is the Deal Man, an Iron Age chalk figurine.

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Accentuate_Curating Visibility @accentuateuk.bsky.social · Nov 28

Digital Day at Screen South! #CuratingVisibility fellows explored Green Screen, VR, AR & immersive soundscapes. Thanks to Manuel Vason from Studio Radar for sharing his insights on virtual environments. We hope to amplify disability perspectives through digital innovation in museum collections.

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Horus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social · Nov 25

Come visit my current temporary exhibition:

MAPPING AN UNEVEN PATH: STORIES OF HEALTH AND DISABILITY AT VERULAMIUM

15th November 2024 - 23rd February 2025

Explore what archaeology can tell us about Roman ideas about health and disability.

www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/map...

Portrait poster for the exhibition Mapping an Uneven Path: Stories of Health and Disability at Verulamium. In the foreground an illustration of a Roman man with a bandaged leg and walking staff walks along a jagged path. In the background, several other illustrated characters - such as a doctor, a mother and child - stand behind a green mist. Some butterflies float around the image.

A tabletop case containing a number of museum artefacts and labels. They include a small metal votive foot, some coins depicting the Roman goddess Salus, and a 20th century prayer card from a psychiatric hospital.

Two portrait panels on a wall with colourful illustrations. One depicts her mother handing her child to a wet-nurse. The other depicts two Roman veterans; one with a prosthetic arm, the other with scars along his back.

Label in a display case showing some Roman bath tiles. The label is written by a disabled person, and talks about physical access to the baths and body image in the Roman world.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · Nov 27

Co-Producers with lived experience of d/Deafness, disability and/or Neurodiversity wanted!
Help us explore the disability stories of Dover's past and present them in a multi-sensory way with innovative digital technology!
More details⬇️
www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/...

Curating Visibility fellow Karl. Karl has dark brown hair and wears glasses. He is wearing a black jacket. He is looking at a large Anglo-Saxon grave slab featuring a cross with runes that has been mounted on a wall.

A dark silver coloured metal pilgrim badge of a crucifixion scene.

Anne Pratt’s book ‘Wild Flowers of the Year’ open on a plate of coloured flower illustrations opposite text. The book is placed on top of another book by Anne Pratt titled ‘Things of the Sea Coast’.

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