As #DisabilityHistoryMonth ends, Unite honours disabled members across BAEM, LGBT+, women, carers, young & retired. We pledge to fight for equality every day. #UniteSolidarity #Inclusion #DisabilityJustice
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As #DisabilityHistoryMonth ends, Unite honours disabled members across BAEM, LGBT+, women, carers, young & retired. We pledge to fight for equality every day. #UniteSolidarity #Inclusion #DisabilityJustice
#ICYMI yesterday the #Railway200 blog was updated with a piece for #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike, it looks at where we can find railway workers with disabilities in the past (hint: lots of places!):
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike, it looks at where we can find railway workers with disabilities in the past (hint: lots of places!):
Celebrating disabled railway workers
For Disability History Month, Dr Mike Esbester, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth and co-lead of the Railway Work, Life & Death project, explores how people with disabilities…
railway200.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#ICYMI yesterday the #Railway200 blog was updated with a piece for #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike, it looks at where we can find railway workers with disabilities in the past (hint: lots of places!):
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike, it looks at where we can find railway workers with disabilities in the past (hint: lots of places!):
Today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
Disability History Month Archives - Railway Work, Life & Death
Railway Work, Life & Death
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
It's an important means of focusing attention on the lives of people with disabilities in the past - including, for us, in the #Railway200 year, on the railways.
Read more here:
#ICYMI our new blog post looks at level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer's accident in #Wales in 1923.
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
Margaret Hamer – heroic actions with a lasting impact - Railway Work, Life & Death
GWR level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer tried to save her nephew's life in Wales in 1923; we consider what she tells us about disability history.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#ICYMI our new blog post looks at level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer's accident in #Wales in 1923.
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
It thinks particularly about #DisabilityHistory; today is the final day of 2025's #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
#Railway200
To mark the end of Disability History Month, National Open Youth Orchestra musician Bethan (flute and harp) wanted to share a bit about the history of the month, and highlight a pioneering disabled musician with a NOYO connection!
#InclusiveMusic #Wittgenstein #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Accessibility
#InclusiveMusic #Wittgenstein #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Accessibility
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
To mark the end of Disability History Month, National Open Youth Orchestra musician Bethan (flute and harp) wanted to share a bit about the history of the month, and highlight a pioneering disabled musician with a NOYO connection!
#InclusiveMusic #Wittgenstein #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Accessibility
#InclusiveMusic #Wittgenstein #DisabilityHistoryMonth #Accessibility
As Disability History Month ends, here’s a reminder:
Disability inclusion isn’t just a “nice-to-have”. It’s a legal, moral, and business-critical requirement.
We’re here to help! Simply email us at [email protected] to find out how.
#DisabilityInclusion #PatchworkHub #DisabilityHistoryMonth
Disability inclusion isn’t just a “nice-to-have”. It’s a legal, moral, and business-critical requirement.
We’re here to help! Simply email us at [email protected] to find out how.
#DisabilityInclusion #PatchworkHub #DisabilityHistoryMonth
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As Disability History Month ends, here’s a reminder:
Disability inclusion isn’t just a “nice-to-have”. It’s a legal, moral, and business-critical requirement.
We’re here to help! Simply email us at [email protected] to find out how.
#DisabilityInclusion #PatchworkHub #DisabilityHistoryMonth
Disability inclusion isn’t just a “nice-to-have”. It’s a legal, moral, and business-critical requirement.
We’re here to help! Simply email us at [email protected] to find out how.
#DisabilityInclusion #PatchworkHub #DisabilityHistoryMonth
🚨NEW BLOG POST!🚨
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at Margaret Hamer & her life-changing injuries at Cerist, #Montgomeryshire, #Wales, in 1923.
Her family connections were key to the story - & overall it allows us to ask important questions:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/margaret-ham...
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at Margaret Hamer & her life-changing injuries at Cerist, #Montgomeryshire, #Wales, in 1923.
Her family connections were key to the story - & overall it allows us to ask important questions:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/margaret-ham...
Margaret Hamer – heroic actions with a lasting impact - Railway Work, Life & Death
GWR level crossing keeper Margaret Hamer tried to save her nephew's life in Wales in 1923; we consider what she tells us about disability history.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🚨NEW BLOG POST!🚨
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at Margaret Hamer & her life-changing injuries at Cerist, #Montgomeryshire, #Wales, in 1923.
Her family connections were key to the story - & overall it allows us to ask important questions:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/margaret-ham...
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at Margaret Hamer & her life-changing injuries at Cerist, #Montgomeryshire, #Wales, in 1923.
Her family connections were key to the story - & overall it allows us to ask important questions:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/margaret-ham...
Pleased to see this #Railway200 blog out, for #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike (of @uophistory.bsky.social), it shows how railway workers with disabilities have long played a part in the rail industry:
railway200.co.uk/celebrating-...
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike (of @uophistory.bsky.social), it shows how railway workers with disabilities have long played a part in the rail industry:
railway200.co.uk/celebrating-...
Celebrating disabled railway workers
For Disability History Month, Dr Mike Esbester, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth and co-lead of the Railway Work, Life & Death project, explores how people with disabilities ...
railway200.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pleased to see this #Railway200 blog out, for #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike (of @uophistory.bsky.social), it shows how railway workers with disabilities have long played a part in the rail industry:
railway200.co.uk/celebrating-...
Written by Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike (of @uophistory.bsky.social), it shows how railway workers with disabilities have long played a part in the rail industry:
railway200.co.uk/celebrating-...
UK Disability History Month is almost over. As the winter solstice draws close, here's some thoughts on my wintering. What do you do in these darker days? #writer #disabilityhistorymonth #storiestotell #whatnext #wintersolstice #longestnight #solstice
"The moving towards the darkest time together and looking further to when the light returns."
In my latest Substack piece 'Lost in The Allure of Winter' I'm talking all things cosy, keeping out the cold and creaky houses.
Come and join me over there, I'd love you as as a subscriber
In my latest Substack piece 'Lost in The Allure of Winter' I'm talking all things cosy, keeping out the cold and creaky houses.
Come and join me over there, I'd love you as as a subscriber
Lost in the Allure of Midwinter
And I don't think I'm alone
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
UK Disability History Month is almost over. As the winter solstice draws close, here's some thoughts on my wintering. What do you do in these darker days? #writer #disabilityhistorymonth #storiestotell #whatnext #wintersolstice #longestnight #solstice
Celebrate disability history and lived experience with our Disability History Collection on Libby and OverDrive.
Explore eBooks and audiobooks on disability rights, activism, culture and inclusion - free to access with your OU login 👉 https://ow.ly/UzNk50XLFKq
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
Explore eBooks and audiobooks on disability rights, activism, culture and inclusion - free to access with your OU login 👉 https://ow.ly/UzNk50XLFKq
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Celebrate disability history and lived experience with our Disability History Collection on Libby and OverDrive.
Explore eBooks and audiobooks on disability rights, activism, culture and inclusion - free to access with your OU login 👉 https://ow.ly/UzNk50XLFKq
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
Explore eBooks and audiobooks on disability rights, activism, culture and inclusion - free to access with your OU login 👉 https://ow.ly/UzNk50XLFKq
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
It's particularly fitting the article is out during #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
One of the key people we look at, showing the potential of exploring individual lives, is Thomas Manners.
Thomas was disabled at work in 1905 & remained with the rail industry until retirement in 1932.
One of the key people we look at, showing the potential of exploring individual lives, is Thomas Manners.
Thomas was disabled at work in 1905 & remained with the rail industry until retirement in 1932.
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's particularly fitting the article is out during #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
One of the key people we look at, showing the potential of exploring individual lives, is Thomas Manners.
Thomas was disabled at work in 1905 & remained with the rail industry until retirement in 1932.
One of the key people we look at, showing the potential of exploring individual lives, is Thomas Manners.
Thomas was disabled at work in 1905 & remained with the rail industry until retirement in 1932.
Delighted to see my work on #accessibility featured by @sspatleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social as part of #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
Too often, accessibility is treated as an afterthought. Yet it is not an optional extra, but a precondition for #equality and #HumanRights.
Too often, accessibility is treated as an afterthought. Yet it is not an optional extra, but a precondition for #equality and #HumanRights.
Spotlighting Dr Ieva Eskytė 🌟
This Disability History Month, we are spotlighting some of Ieva's most prevalent research in the field of Disability Studies.
Read the full article here: https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-social-sciences-law/news/article/2340/academic-spotlight-dr-ieva-eskyte
This Disability History Month, we are spotlighting some of Ieva's most prevalent research in the field of Disability Studies.
Read the full article here: https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-social-sciences-law/news/article/2340/academic-spotlight-dr-ieva-eskyte
Academic Spotlight: Dr Ieva Eskyte
This Disability History Month, we are spotlighting Dr Ieva Eskyte and some of her most prevalent research in the field of Disability Studies.
essl.leeds.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Delighted to see my work on #accessibility featured by @sspatleeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social as part of #DisabilityHistoryMonth.
Too often, accessibility is treated as an afterthought. Yet it is not an optional extra, but a precondition for #equality and #HumanRights.
Too often, accessibility is treated as an afterthought. Yet it is not an optional extra, but a precondition for #equality and #HumanRights.
Fast forward to 2025 and the legacy lives on through the Equality Act, but the gap between the law and everyday experience is still far too wide.
Learn what employers can do today to avoid repeating history. https://ow.ly/TUTN50XGP1z
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #Employment #Blindness
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Learn what employers can do today to avoid repeating history. https://ow.ly/TUTN50XGP1z
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #Employment #Blindness
🧵2/2
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Fast forward to 2025 and the legacy lives on through the Equality Act, but the gap between the law and everyday experience is still far too wide.
Learn what employers can do today to avoid repeating history. https://ow.ly/TUTN50XGP1z
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #Employment #Blindness
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Learn what employers can do today to avoid repeating history. https://ow.ly/TUTN50XGP1z
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #Employment #Blindness
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This #DisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating Amanda Cachia's recent book.
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating Amanda Cachia's recent book.
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
'Hospital aesthetics' presents a different perspective on disabled bodies, aiming to undo the social and cultural impacts hospitals have had on disabled patients.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187864/
On this final full week before Christmas, and just in time for the end of #DisabilityHistoryMonth, why not read my interview with Armineh and Liz on how ableism presents itself in the HE sector, and how we've collectively and individually navigated it as disabled people.
This Disability Awareness Month we ask:
What if research spaces were truly designed for all?
How do we dismantle systems built for an “ideal” body & mind? @emilyennis.bsky.social explores these questions with @drasoorenian.bsky.social & Liz Dew from the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture project
What if research spaces were truly designed for all?
How do we dismantle systems built for an “ideal” body & mind? @emilyennis.bsky.social explores these questions with @drasoorenian.bsky.social & Liz Dew from the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture project
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On this final full week before Christmas, and just in time for the end of #DisabilityHistoryMonth, why not read my interview with Armineh and Liz on how ableism presents itself in the HE sector, and how we've collectively and individually navigated it as disabled people.
Last Post #DisabilityHistoryMonth is Hollymoor Hospital, built as an annexe to Rubery Hospital and opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, May 1905. Commandeered as a military psychiatric hospital in WW2, it closed in 1994. theironroom.wordpress.com/2023/11/20/m... Ref – WK/R4/196 #LibraryofBham
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last Post #DisabilityHistoryMonth is Hollymoor Hospital, built as an annexe to Rubery Hospital and opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, May 1905. Commandeered as a military psychiatric hospital in WW2, it closed in 1994. theironroom.wordpress.com/2023/11/20/m... Ref – WK/R4/196 #LibraryofBham
#ICYMI our new blog post is for #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
#Railway200
We look at William Parry's life story. Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
#Railway200
We look at William Parry's life story. Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
Disabled railway workers in our new project data - Railway Work, Life & Death
We look at where railway workers with disabilities feature in our newest update to the project database, via the case of William Parry.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#ICYMI our new blog post is for #DisabilityHistoryMonth!
#Railway200
We look at William Parry's life story. Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
#Railway200
We look at William Parry's life story. Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
The 3.5 metres high sculpture, Alison Lapper Pregnant, was made by Marc Quinn for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square where it sat from 2005 until 2007.
Read more about 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' by Dr. Janis Lomas on the blog.
womenshistorynetwork.org/alison-lappe...
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
Read more about 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' by Dr. Janis Lomas on the blog.
womenshistorynetwork.org/alison-lappe...
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
Alison Lapper Pregnant by Dr. Janis Lomas
The 3.5 metres high sculpture, Alison Lapper Pregnant, was made by Marc Quinn for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square where it sat from 2005 until 2007. Statues of male heroes of the past surroun…
womenshistorynetwork.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The 3.5 metres high sculpture, Alison Lapper Pregnant, was made by Marc Quinn for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square where it sat from 2005 until 2007.
Read more about 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' by Dr. Janis Lomas on the blog.
womenshistorynetwork.org/alison-lappe...
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
Read more about 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' by Dr. Janis Lomas on the blog.
womenshistorynetwork.org/alison-lappe...
#DisabilityHistoryMonth
Born #OnThisDay in 1863 was astronomer Annie Jump Cannon. Cannon, who lost most of her hearing early in life, was one of the Harvard Computers, and her work was vital to the modern classification of stars. She classified around 350,000 stars during her career. #WomenInSTEM #DisabilityHistoryMonth
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1863 was astronomer Annie Jump Cannon. Cannon, who lost most of her hearing early in life, was one of the Harvard Computers, and her work was vital to the modern classification of stars. She classified around 350,000 stars during her career. #WomenInSTEM #DisabilityHistoryMonth
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth we've been thinking about myths around sex, relationships and disability - disabled people can't have sex, they don't want sex and they're burdens in relationships. None of this is true!
What myths have you heard of and how do you combat them?
What myths have you heard of and how do you combat them?
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This #DisabilityHistoryMonth we've been thinking about myths around sex, relationships and disability - disabled people can't have sex, they don't want sex and they're burdens in relationships. None of this is true!
What myths have you heard of and how do you combat them?
What myths have you heard of and how do you combat them?
Today’s #DisabilityHistoryMonth #TitleOfTheDay - 'Funny business: Disability, humour, and performance in theatre and drag spaces '
Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Today’s #DisabilityHistoryMonth #TitleOfTheDay - 'Funny business: Disability, humour, and performance in theatre and drag spaces '
Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
#TeitlYDiwrnod #DisabilityHistoryMonth heddiw - 'Funny business: Disability, humour, and performance in theatre and drag spaces'
Ar gael #MynediadAgored gan orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
Ar gael #MynediadAgored gan orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#TeitlYDiwrnod #DisabilityHistoryMonth heddiw - 'Funny business: Disability, humour, and performance in theatre and drag spaces'
Ar gael #MynediadAgored gan orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
Ar gael #MynediadAgored gan orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/18...
NEW BLOG POST!
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at where disabled railway workers appear in our newest data release, via William Parry's life story.
Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at where disabled railway workers appear in our newest data release, via William Parry's life story.
Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
Disabled railway workers in our new project data - Railway Work, Life & Death
We look at where railway workers with disabilities feature in our newest update to the project database, via the case of William Parry.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NEW BLOG POST!
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at where disabled railway workers appear in our newest data release, via William Parry's life story.
Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
For #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we look at where disabled railway workers appear in our newest data release, via William Parry's life story.
Disabled in a 1907 accident at #Bargoed, #Wales, he returned to railway work in a new role:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/disabled-rai...
Delighted that or #DisabilityHistoryMonth resource is available to download from Teachwire! This free sample chapter from 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum by Elena Stevens uses the case of Peter the Wild Boy to examine perceptions of disability in the eighteenth century: buff.ly/99FfcYy
Disability history – Teaching the case of Peter the Wild Boy
How has disability been perceived and represented in different periods throughout history? Use the case of Peter the Wild Boy to find out...
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Delighted that or #DisabilityHistoryMonth resource is available to download from Teachwire! This free sample chapter from 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum by Elena Stevens uses the case of Peter the Wild Boy to examine perceptions of disability in the eighteenth century: buff.ly/99FfcYy
This is a photograph of John Williamson in around 1930, standing outside Greaves' shop. We think the image was taken in Dronfield. John lost both his legs when he fell under a train.
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #1930s
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #1930s
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a photograph of John Williamson in around 1930, standing outside Greaves' shop. We think the image was taken in Dronfield. John lost both his legs when he fell under a train.
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #1930s
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #1930s