Posting again for visibility. Thank you again to everyone who's donated, shared, or otherwise supported us so far.

Come work with a group of passionate museum educators! Happy to answer any questions about the position:

Thank you to everyone who's donated, shared, or otherwise supported us so far. We've now raised enough to send 2 speakers to ASTC. Please do keep sharing. Your support through donations or just spreading the word makes this possible. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-trave...

Disabled Leaders Part Two: Free here : files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...

We love these events, but we could use your help to continue to do them. Please, as Disability Pride Month comes to an end, consider donating to our cause! (2/2) www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

It has been a big month for CripAntiquity! Early in the month, three of our board members hosted a panel at the CA conference (pictured below), and just this last weekend we had our first ever annual conference, which was a great success! (1/2)

I'm currently with Dr Wade Berger trying to get a group of disabled museum educators to the ASTC conference. Both of us are currently jobless due to higher education cuts, but feel it's important to keep advancing this research anyways. Thank you very much for any and all help! gofund.me/54f249fc

Excited to be presenting at the #CA2025 as part of CripAntiquity on Saturday morning. @cripantiquity.bsky.social is also now on Bluesky! Give us a follow!

July is Disability Pride Month, and we are so proud of our members around the world! We are now one step closer to reaching our goal of providing grants/scholarships for our members for conferences and fieldwork: you can now donate to us! paypal.com/donate/?host...

I'm currently with Dr Wade Berger trying to get a group of disabled museum educators to the ASTC conference. Both of us are currently jobless due to higher education cuts, but feel it's important to keep advancing this research anyways. Thank you very much for any and all help! gofund.me/54f249fc

Have you done some fun work with museums/archives/cultural spaces (anything beyond the academy, essentially) and want to tell people about it? Please do consider writing something for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social’s Community Exchange blog! #SHSConf2025

New free Zine out, Star Trek and Disability, Part 2 - The Next Degeneration. Direct link here: files.libcom.org/files/2025-0... Find Part 1, our other zines, or subscribe here: linktr.ee/disabilityark

Today is the day! Our 2025 Connecting + Sharing event is now underway and we are all looking forward to learning from 15 wide-ranging presentations! If you want to see the schedule (and maybe join in a little later), everything is on our Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukdhhh-202... #DisHist

Join us on Wednesday for a day filled with #DisHist!

Following on from the success of their 2024 event at Manchester Deaf Centre, UKDHHH are hosting a virtual event for organisations and individuals working with, or interested in, the histories of Disabled, Neurodivergent, and/or Deaf people! Weds 25 June 10:00-16:00 (BST) #Online #skystorians

Another reminder for Wednesday’s event!! A fabulous day of presentations all about disabled, neurodivergent and Deaf histories. Please share! #Blueskystorians #History #disability #DisHist #museums #GLAM

The JME/MER Author Panel is tomorrow! Reserve your tickets now for this online-only event, taking place this Thursday, June 19, at 7pm EDT. www.eventbrite.com/e/jmemer-aut... Today, we're featuring one of our panelists: Journal of Museum Education co-editor, Michelle Moon.

The JME/MER Author Panel is fast approaching! Reserve your tickets now for this online-only event, taking place this Thursday, June 19, at 7pm EDT. www.eventbrite.com/e/jmemer-aut... Today, we're featuring one of our panelists: Jessica Fuentes.

The UK Disability History and Heritage Hub is excited to announce that registration for our 2nd Annual Connecting + Sharing Event on June 25 is now live. This year will be entirely virtual, and attendance is free, more information, and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukdhhh-202...

A reminder that this is this Thursday! Sign-up information in the below post:

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to write for the Journal of Museum Education? What’s it like to take an article from proposal to publishing? Join us for a virtual panel of authors published in the JME and on the MER blog discussing their work & the process of getting published.

We are really pleased to announce that booking is now open for our 2025 Connecting + Sharing event! Join us and a host of exciting presenters on Zoom on the 25th June to hear about a variety of work in/about #DisHist! To see the programme and book a spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukdhhh-202...

The UK Disability History and Heritage Hub is excited to announce that registration for our 2nd Annual Connecting + Sharing Event on June 25 is now live. This year will be entirely virtual, and attendance is free, more information, and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukdhhh-202...

Final reminder that applications are due tomorrow. Please reach out if you have questions:

This is a reminder that the author panel for "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays," is happening in approximately 2 weeks, register here if you haven't yet: www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-panel-w...

In today's Ancient Near East Today, Alexandra Morris discusses the little-mentioned topic of people with disabilities in ancient Egypt, and explores disability as a complex lived experience: anetoday.org/disability-a... 📸 Picture by Fixi, via Wikimedia Commons. CC By-SA 3.0.

Please feel free to reach out with questions or for an informal chat if you're interested in or thinking about applying:

I'm excited to announce my co-editor & I are hosting a virtual author panel for "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays," on May 21st. Come listen and join our brilliant authors for a detailed discussion. More information & registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-panel-w...

Don't miss this blog post, written in conjunction with Made By Us: "Gen Z Perspective: How Museums Can Cultivate Civic Wellness." Some key insights here ⬇️

Read more at www.museumedu.org/gen-z-museum....

"Zines already exist within many radical spaces today and seemed ideal as a medium with which to inject disability awareness into the places that most needed them and were most open to learning." @richamm.bsky.social on zine-making and disability history.

Our zines are being covered in History Workshop @historywo.bsky.social www.historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-h...

Please feel free to reach out with questions or for an informal chat if you're interested in or thinking about applying:

Disabled Leaders - Part One: 34,000 BC - 1185 AD FREE HERE: libcom.org/article/disa... Subscribe or see more here : linktr.ee/disabilityark

New Horror and Disability zine by DARK, out now! Find it free here : libcom.org/article/horr... Find more free and subscribe here : linktr.ee/disabilityark

Disabled Leaders, Part 1: 34,000 BCE to 1185 AD. Coming soon!

"...is a framework within which to explore, create, and iterate." View Civic Wellness today to see examples of this framework in action!

What is civic wellness? Guest editor Sam Ramos explains. "‘Civic Wellness,’ a phrase describing a specific program area at the Art Institute of Chicago, and used here as an umbrella term to describe explicitly social justice and community-oriented programming in museums...

The spring issue of the Journal of Museum Education is available now! Go to www.museumedu.org/journal/ to preview volume 50, issue 1: Civic Wellness.

Our CFP closes THIS Friday (11th April)! #DisHist

A reminder that this CFP closes on April 11!

Come follow us on Bluesky, and also please let us know who else we should be following!

Thanks so much to @theguardian.com for having me, and especially @estelletang.bsky.social for her fastidious edits. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...

You can find an easy read version of the CFP below. #DisHist #CFP

As always, please do get in touch with us if you would like to discuss anything about this event!

We would also like to extend a big thank you to Marcel Hirshman and WealdBSL for providing us with this BSL version of the CFP! www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4lY... #DisHist #CFP

Really pleased to have finally released this CFP for the next @ukdishisthub.bsky.social event! Please do share with anyone who might be interested, and always feel free to get in touch if you want to discuss anything about the event! #DisHist