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Critical Disability Studies: Disability Dialogues - Reframing Families, Relationships and Society through Critical Disability Studies

Written by Charlie Grosset and Tom Ryan

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Image credit: photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash

Cripping Breath: Co-reading as an inclusive practice in co-produced research 

By Julie Ellis and Kirsty Liddiard
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Caroline Walker: Mothering, The Hepworth Wakefield website

Blog: The shock of the mundane: Acts of everyday mothering on canvas

By Jessica Bradley
A poster which reads "It's a beautiful thing, the distruction of words." George Orwell. It also lists a number of words and phrases discouraged by US Federal Agencies 2025

WAARC: A creative and anti-ableist higher education? Reflections from the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference

Liz Dew; Cassie Kill; Armineh Soorenian; Lauren White; Rebecca Lawthom
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Thinking critically about co-production

On 24 June 2021, Dr Kirsty Liddiard and Living Life to the Fullest Co-Researchers Katy Evans and Sally Whitney will be giving a keynote talk at Critically Exploring Co-Production Approaches: A BSA Regional Postgraduate Forum.
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The importance of community and humanity: Nomadland, ageing and place

A recent ESRC research project (PlaceAge) explored urban contexts of how ageing-in-place occurs. The theories and data drawn on provide rich food for thought in relation to Chloe Zhao’s Oscar winning empathic film, Nomadland.
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Pregnancy beyond the human

Dr Emily Ross, Research Fellow, Department of Sociological Studies
*This post discusses baby and pregnancy loss*

Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

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iHuman research featured in Chat magazine

iHuman affiliated researcher Sally Whitney, who is a key co-researcher in the ESRC-funded Life, Death, Disability and the Human: Living Life to the Fullest, has been featured in Chat magazine.