Really pleased to finally be able to launch this CFP! Please do consider joining us at the British Library or online for a day of exploring collections and #DisHist!

#BrailleLiteracyMonth meets beauty in the #Braille Nails campaign from @cnibfoundation.bsky.social and The Ten Spot, which aims to spark conversation about #accessibility and #inclusion. 💅 #BlindNewWorld (Story via Cosmetics Design ⬇️)

This was a real delight to be a part of. Thank you to the organisers for putting on possibly the perfect interdisciplinary conference!? I look forward to seeing what the project does next.

🌎 What happens when a travel writer navigates the world through touch? This month’s blog explores the journeys of James Holman, the self-described ‘Blind Traveller’, and how his haptic encounters challenged the visual conventions of travel writing. www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/the-...

More Braille: More Empowerment. The official launch of the global braille literacy campaign this morning was such an exciting and hopeful event. For more info on the campaign, the ICEVI have put together this video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6u... #WorldBrailleDay #Braille

Happy 217th birthday to the big man!🥳 The ICEVI is asking us to contribute a candle for Louis’ birthday cake, as part of their (super important) Global Braille Literacy campaign. Donate if you can! #WorldBrailleDay #Braille #DisHist

200 years later and still going strong! Braille isn't just "old tech"—it's a vital tool for literacy and independence that works even when the Wi-Fi doesn't. Happy #WorldBrailleDay!

The Disability History report is out! #DisHist

One month left to apply to @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's and my conference on early modern practical texts, featuring keynotes by the brilliant @endeeekay.bsky.social and Laurence Publicover! #CFP sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

I'll be helping out here - nice educational half term activity!

Thanks Oli! Once again sneaking braille into everything I do… #Braille200 #DisHist

The organisers of the UKDHHH outdid themselves today - what a brilliant day of talks, and a masterclass in accessibility

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

A #blind student and her professor at @harvard.edu created "Why #Braille Matters," a first-of-its-kind course to explore the history, theory and practice of tactile writing systems used by #VisuallyImpaired people. #BlindNewWorld (Story via Harvard Gazette ⬇️)

Great discussion this morning with the Disability Collections Forum on preserving embossed texts. A timely reminder of the importance of Braille heritage in the face of cuts to transcription (more on the campaign against it here: saveourbraille.wordpress.com) #DisHist #Braille200

Over a thousand people have signed an open letter asking the RNIB to #SaveOurBraille! Please consider signing and sharing. We shouldn't even have to ask the UK's leading blindness charity to prioritise braille, but here we are.

📣Call for participants: History UK is continuing its focus groups on disability and history in HE in April. Any students/staff with experience in teaching disability history OR studying history with a disability, come and talk to us! #DisabilityHistory #DisHist www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...

You can email your MP using our template to tell them how you feel about these changes here: action.sense.org.uk/page/167765/...

We're a signatory to a letter to the Chancellor published today which urges her to think again about cuts to disability benefits. Read the full letter here organised by our friends at Scope: rnib.in/cost-of-cuts 1/4

If you're new to the Hub, then you can find out more about us and sign up to our mailing lists on our website: #DisHist ukdishisthub.mystrikingly.com

This Tuesday! I will be chatting to the one and only Dave Williams about tactile literacy over at the Braillists Foundation. Sounds like your perfect Tuesday evening? Me too. #Braille200 www.braillists.org/uncategorise...

We had a lovely visit to the Mitchell Library today, as part of our Braille and Beyond tour to celebrate #Braille200! We'd love to thank Glasgow Libraries for their support in organising the event! For more information about the Braille and Beyond Tour, visit our website: bit.ly/3E7Ro7c

Mitchell Library in Glasgow will host a special event next week celebrating the importance of braille and tactile literacy. @rnib.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social #sightloss #glasgow #networking 👉 bit.ly/3CcGahl

We're at the Mitchell Library on Tuesday to celebrate 200 years of braille! The event has been organised in partnership with Glasgow Libraries and is open to all, and promises a day of engaging activities and informative talks! More info can be found here: bit.ly/3E7Ro7c

Next stop on the #Braille200 tour: the Mitchell Library. Glasgow pals, come and get your Braille fix with me on Tuesday next week! @rnib.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/brai...

That moment when you find exactly what you were hoping for in the archive... Here's a blog post I wrote on The Most Exciting letter in Liverpool Record Office (I'm not at all biased). Thanks to Cultures of Disability for hosting this. culturesofdisability.mmu.ac.uk/blind-writin... #DisabilityHistory

Happy #WorldBrailleDay one and all! Delighted to be celebrating at the Braillists conference in Worcester today, and hearing about #Braille200 on the radio as we drove down!

So many interesting events on 4 Jan for #WorldBrailleDay The Braillists Foundation have added a few ♿️ ➡️The Braille You Need, When You Need It: 7:30PM ➡️ Braille & Breakfast from Sight & Sound 9:30 AM ➡️ UKAAF event 1:00 PM ➡️ Braille Matters Extravaganza 6:00 PM GMT https://www.braillists.org

🧵“Braille is knowledge, and knowledge is power” – Louis Braille Ahead of #WorldBrailleDay, which marks the anniversary of Louis Braille’s birthday, here’s a snapshot of the pioneer behind the tactile code.

Alan's house is the actual real life Brailler Wonderland. Anyone looking for a mechanical apprenticeship would be lucky to work with him and carry on this (extremely!) important work. #Braille #WorldBrailleDay www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Never mind Christmas - it's almost World Braille Day! Excited to be kicking off the new year with the Braillists Foundation down in Worcester #Braille200 www.braillists.org/uncategorise...

I was lucky enough to be invited to the @rnib.bsky.social #Braille200 launch event at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social this week. Huge congratulations to Dave Williams and the team for putting together such a lovely event, and giving Braille the celebration it deserves.

This year's #UKDHM theme is Disability Livelihood and Employment & that includes... strikes! Here are workers at the Bristol Blind Asylum going on strike to demand a pay increase in 1912. Here, blind workers did jobs like weaving baskets and mats to sell. It ran from the late 18thC to the 1960s.

19 million @bsky.app users? Better make sure they all know about the handy alt text reminder! 🫡 Go to Settings > Accessibility and make sure "Require alt text before posting" is toggled on. We love that accessibility is such a priority here.

Hello everyone over here!🦋 For anyone who isn’t already celebrating wildly, this year marks (approx) 200 years since the invention of Braille. Catch me around the UK being enthusiastic about it with @rnib.bsky.social #Braille200 (pictured is an event in Harrogate last month)