iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths

The iHuman Critical Disability Studies Anita Ghai Lecture given by Dr Miro Griffiths, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

Resistance Practices and Inclusive Imaginations: Young Disabled People's Participation in Disability Activism and their Ideas for Accessible and Inclusive Societies Across Europe

Abstract

This session will present findings from a monograph soon to be published on young disabled people’s participation in disability activism across Europe. The session will highlight key areas of consideration across the following five themes: importance of participating in disability activism; restrictions to participation; improvements to participation; activities and types of participation; and future imaginings for accessible and inclusive societies. The aim of the session is to capture insights into how young disabled people experience participation in social change approaches, and what young disabled people’s imaginings reveal about challenging injustice, resisting discrimination, and articulating avenues for realising a better world.

5pm Singapore time / 9am UK time (held on Zoom)

References

Griffiths M (2025) ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’: Community-Based Inclusive Development and Disability Studies. In: Weber J; Grech S eds Community-Based Inclusive Development, Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 101-122.

Miro Griffiths. Declare Independence. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. 2023. Vol. 3(1):24-41. DOI: 10.13169/intljofdissocjus.3.1.0024