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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 Blog: 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
A wall of cuttings, drawings and scrawlings capturing some of the ambitions iHuman researchers have for Critical Disability Studies including slogans such as 'Love', 'Crip Killjoy', 'Work with bodies, desires and feelings', 'Difference, disagreement and conflict', 'remaking a different university differently'

A Manifesto for Critical Disability Studies

iHuman researchers had the opportunty to reimagine disability research through a creative workshop, developing a Manifesto for Critical Disability Studies
artistic visualisation from the joy in social research event
Artwork by Liam Callebout.

Joy in Social Research

This blog reflects on the ‘Joy in Social Research’ event, which created space for postgraduate and early career researchers to collaborate and critically engage in the concept of joy. It was funded by the Participatory Research Network and iHuman.
A wooden art piece of the word Helsinki framed by a speech bubble.
An art piece found in the foyer of the Helsinki City Hall

Disability in Education & Work: A Blog from Helsinki, Finland

By Rhea Halsey
Black and white photo of seminar

European Children's Rights Unit

On 13 June, Dr Kirsty Liddiard, from the School of Education and Institute for the Study of the Human (iHuman) was invited to speak to the European Children’s Rights Unit at the Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool.
A photo of shoes in a wheelchair

Antonios Ktenidis' secondment to Melbourne

Antonios Ktenidis has recently been on a two-month (February-March 2018) secondment to Melbourne for the Makey project, looking into how accessible makerspaces are to disabled students.

A drawing of a trans-inclusive gender sign

Around the toilet
A screenshot from a Twitter profile: Dr Kirsty Liddiard

Scope top 10 disabled women to follow on Twitter

Dr Kirsty Liddiard has been named in disability charity Scope’s Top 10 Disabled Women to Follow on Twitter.

A head with tree branches

iHuman in London

On 22 January 2018, Antonios Ktenidis gave a lecture to clinical psychologists doing their Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) at the University of East London on learning difficulties and Critical Disability Studies.