Centre for Disability Studies

The Centre for Disability Studies

We are an interdisciplinary network of researchers from across the Social Sciences, Humanities and STEM subjects.

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Disability Archive

The archive aims to provide disabled people, students and scholars access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible

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Members of The Centre for Disability Studies provide a wide range of teaching and supervision within the University.

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Mobility-As-A-Service & Accessible Transport

Last week CDS colleague Bryan Matthews of the Institute for Transport Studies ran a meeting of the ITS-UK’s Inclusive Mobility...

Angharad Beckett at Council of Europe & ENIL Event

Recently our Deputy Director, Dr Angharad Beckett was pleased to be asked to be the Keynote Speaker at a Council...

Welcome to our new Visiting Professor, Roger Slee

Welcoming our new Visiting Professor, Roger Slee

CDS Director and alumnus become members of EHRC’s Disability Advisory Committee

We are delighted to announce that our Director, Professor Anna Lawson has become a member of the EHRC’s new Disability...

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“RT @KirstyLiddiard1: EXPLORING ‘IN-BETWEEN’ SPACES: DRAWING ON ARTS-INFORMED METHODS IN CRITICAL DISABILITY STUDIES… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

“RT @cl_castle: Hi #leeds folk, if you have a #visualimpairment & half an hour to spare I'm in the last week of my @UniversityLeeds… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”

“RT @freyjaharalds: Today at the bookstore a woman came up to my personal assistant and said looking at me with pity ‘it’s such a shame… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…”