Let’s start January by holding our organisations accountable for creating accessible workplaces! Join us for a session led by Deepa Shastri for another instalment of the WAARC webinar series “Dreaming Up a Disability-Inclusive Workplace”. Sign up here: lnkd.in/eMdp-sH8

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Our Research Associate Christina Lee will be speaking at Queen Margaret University Toy Box Diversity Lab's hybrid seminar on disability representation and access through toys and play. Register here for an online ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-tic...

Thank you to our wonderful speakers and to everyone who joined us last week for our online symposium to celebrate Anita's life and legacy together. If you missed the event, the recording is now available on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Our online symposium from India is happening this week! Register for a ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...

#DisabilityDialogues Ahead of the online symposium on 11th Dec, we have invited disability scholars to contribute relfections on Indian disability studies and Anita Ghai's work. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

A reminder that our online symposium from India is coming up next week! Please join us in remembering Prof Anita Ghai's legacy. Register for tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...

Today is #InternationalDayofPersonsWithDisabilities. To mark the days leading up to Anita Ghai's departure on 11th December last year, we have invited disability scholars to reflect on Anita's legacy. Read the contributions: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

It's been busy at Disability Matters! Read about updates: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

ICYMI: We are running an online symposium on 11th December in honour of Anita Ghai featuring three brillliant Indian disability studies scholars: Sandeep Singh, Shubhangi Vaidya, and Sruti Mohapatra. Book your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...

Last year in December, we lost the incredible Professor Anita Ghai. A foundational figure in Indian Critical Disability Studies, her work deeply shaped conversations about gender, identity, inclusion, power, culture, and activism.

As part of our Scholarship phase, we run a number of online symposia every year and have a growing diverse collection of papers on disability. Watch recordings and read the transcripts here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

🚨NEWS🚨 Disabled Students Still Face Major Barriers in Higher Education, Report Finds "This report calls for a move away from reactive patchwork solutions towards a whole-institution approach where accessibility and inclusion are built-in, not bolted on" www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disable...

#DisabilityDialogues Marcus Hansen calls for greater engagement with critical disability studies in accessible tourism scholarship to reflect our evolving understanding of disability sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

We recently talked to Prof Dan Goodley and Prof Rebecca Lawthom from @dismatters.bsky.social Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture project at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social about building inclusive environments for disabled people. 👉 Read the interview here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/disrupt...

We work closely with the National Association of Disabled Staff Networks @nadsn.bsky.social who sits on the International Research Advisory Board. Read about their work and the recently published White Paper on inclusive environments in STEMM: www.nadsn-uk.org/nadsn-subgro...

Recording of the online town hall now available on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Our PI Dan Goodley and Prof Rebecca Lawthorn talk about the difficulties of changing culture in universities, and how others can get involved in building inclusive environments for disabled people @whiteroseuc.bsky.social: whiterose.ac.uk/news/disrupt...

I’m excited to announce the first two webinars in the WAARC series “Dreaming Up A Disability-Inclusive Workplace”. 29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo lnkd.in/e7v9dNkf 26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence lnkd.in/e3y32vkg

#DisabilityDialogues Colleagues in Sheffield and Toronto remember the late Len Barton and share some thoughts on his immense influence on disability studies and inclusive education: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

Our Singapore-based Research Assistant Kerri Heng presented a paperwith Prof Rachel Chen last week at the NTU Medical Humanities Satellite Conference on communicating with patients with disabilities as part of the Singapore Health and Biomedical Conference shbc.com.sg/programme/tr...

Disability Matters RA Ankita Mishra published a blog post for the Centre for Equity and Inclusion exploring the everyday challenges faced by chronically ill and disabled women of colour in academia through the composite narratives of Nyra and Maya. equityinclusionsheffield.co.uk/2025/10/13/m...

#WaysofPerceiving BLOG: Katherine Chen reflects on her journey of stumbling into Disability Studies and finding community at Disability Matters ∞ Ways of Perceiving. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Recording of the October online symposium from Spain now available on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

#WaysofPerceiving BLOG: Hilary Pearson suggests that the conference as an act of gathering together in the neighbourhood with our peers is an act of resistance in and of itself. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

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

A huge THANK YOU to our three brilliant speakers Andrea Garcia-Santesmases, Laura Sanmiquel-Molinero, and Javier Monforte today for our online symposium from Spain. If you missed the session, you can read the papers on our website. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Our October online symposium from Spain is happening TOMORROW! Get your tickets and read the papers on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Please join us for another online symposium on October 2nd 12-1pm BST with Andrea Garcia-Santesmases, Laura Sanmiquel-Molinero, Javier Monforte from Spain! sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

#WaysofPerceiving BLOG: Disability Matters Research Officer Dr. Elaine Cagulada reflects on the careful practice of listening and feeling how disability matters differently at Disability Matters ∞ Ways of Perceiving. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Please feel free to keep the conversations going on the Padlet boards. The links and passwords are in the email reminder. The Padlet will be open until next Friday. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

THANK YOU to our wonderful panellists Kate Sang and Katherine Deane, Jacquie for chairing, and Bharti for interpreting. THANK YOU to everyone who attended the online town hall circus. The scripts are on our website with easy read versions also available: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

The Disability Matters Online Town Hall Circus is happening TODAY! We can't wait to welcome you later! sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Wonderful to spend time at @wellcometrust.bsky.social with friends once again, especially Dr Hamied Haroon of @nadsn.bsky.social 🤩 Yesterday we went to the #NADSNWhitePaper event on working towards equity for disabled people in STEMM #DisabledInSTEMM #EquityInResearch

Join the Padlet discussion board and networking lounge which are now LIVE! Registered attendees will have received an email with links and passwords. Please get in touch if you encounter problems sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Our Disability Matters Online Town Hall Circus is happening this Friday! The written text of the presentations are on our website and easy read versions are also available to read ahead of the event: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

#WaysofPerceiving BLOG: Aparna Raghu Menon explores experiences of community through Sanskrit and indigenous concepts of infinite relationality. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Christina Lee introduces the context behind Disability Matters' upcoming 'Online Town Hall Circus' event which will take place on the 19th of September. thepolyphony.org/2025/09/05/t...

Two weeks to go for our first online town hall event! Register now for a ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/disab...

#WaysofPerceiving BLOG: Dr. Maria Karmiris writes about access points and intentional frictionality at Disability Matters ∞ Ways of Perceiving. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

#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...

📊SURVEY! Have you used the Access to Work scheme over the past two years? The Disability Poverty Campaign Group is running a survey on your experiences of Access to Work and what support you've received. Fill it in here! 👇 www.surveymonkey.com/r/CK7FPTW

Making Labs Accessible 📅 Wed 3rd Sep 2025 🕓 16:00–17:00 (UK time) 📍 Online (recorded) 🎟 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/send-in-stem-network-making-labs-accessible-tickets-1549600559989 #Accessibility #Inclusion #STEM #DisabledStaff #NADSN

#WaysofPerceiving BLOG: OISE PhD student Mu-Yen Chan reflects on the day's conversations on community and reimagining the infinity symbol (∞) not as a scientific abstraction, but as a symbol of relationality. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

In May, our Co-Investigator Prof Tanya Titchkosky led a Spring Institute "Disability Matters ∞ Ways of Perceiving" on disability perceptions in and outside of medicine at OISE University of Toronto. Read Tanya's reflections on the event: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

UK Young Academy is running a survey on how UK workplaces can better support neurodivergent people. Take the survey: 👉 https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/THRIVEUKYA #UKYoungAcademy #NeurodivergentVoices #InclusionMatters #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #EquityAtWork #NADSN