Opinions...
- Same Difference - News, Views and Information for Disabled People.
- Siena Castellon, 18-year-old autism campaigner and international children’s peace prize finalist talks about what being neurodivergent means to her in ‘Neurodiversity – the new normal’ and why diagnosis for girls urgently needs improving in 'Autistic people are really struggling with how uncertain things are'.
- A recent BMA survey found that many doctors had to struggle harder than they thought for an accommodating workplace. Louise Freeman writes about “Disability: the fight for reasonable adjustments”.
- In “Once upon a time: children’s books need disabled heroes” Alexandra Strick advocates for children’s books to be more accessible and inclusive, she says “I believe very strongly that children’s books need to change and to become fully representative of a society in which one in five children has some form of special educational needs. We don’t just need more books about disability; we also need books which include disabled people as heroes and heroines alongside the rest of the book’s characters without any reference to the fact that they happen to be disabled”.
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Creative corner...
- Deaf children across the UK sent poems to the Life & Deaf website. These poems show a broad range of positive and negative thoughts and feelings about deafness and identity. Lines from over 50 of the poems were woven together to create a collective poem, this formed the basis of the film script. Deaf young people aged 11–22 years were involved as writers, consultants, actors, make-up artists and producers - “That’s not all of me”.
- Top critically-acclaimed disabled artists and writers… Goya, Matisse...
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Of interest...
- The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into the disability employment gap. The Committee wants to hear from as many people as possible, especially disabled people – please consider participating.
- Meetings and events are often an important part of our working and day-to-day lives. They are where ideas are discussed, where issues are raised and decisions are made. For disabled colleagues they can too often be frustrating experiences, if adjustments have not been considered and put in place.
Here are some useful resources to help make your meetings and events accessible:
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What's on...
- Established in 1984, DaDaFest is an innovative and cutting-edge disability and Deaf arts organisation based in Liverpool. DaDaFest uses the arts to educate, challenge attitudes and remove the barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people to live independently and equally in society. Check out their range of events
- Thursday 17th December 2020 - Professional Development Webinar: Reasonable Adjustments in 2020.
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Contact us...
FBS Disability Equity Team:
- Manjula Patrick (m.patrick@ucl.ac.uk), FBS Disability Equity Lead
- Ciara Wright (ciara.wright@ucl.ac.uk), FBS Athena SWAN Coordinator
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