Does a Public Health Perspective Have Anything Useful to Add?
On 6 May 2020 the University of Leeds, School of Sociology and Social Policy held a virtual seminar as part of the Research Culture Seminar...
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New Materialism: Opening New Lines of Inquiry within Disability Studies
On 11 December 2019 the University of Leeds, School of Sociology and Social Policy held a seminar as part of the Research Culture Seminar Series....
Mixed Ability Sport: "can we make the rest of society more like this!?"
Evaluating the Mixed Ability Sports Development Programme (MASDP) By Dr Jen Dyer (University of Leeds), Dr Rachel Sandford (Loughborough University) and Dr Angharad Beckett (University...
"A Life Without Limits" by Sir Bert Massie. A Book Review.
‘I believe that in future the biggest danger to support for disabled people will be in those areas of public provision which are under great...
Unpacking Intimate Citizenship: What can we learn from disabled people?
On the 3rd of April CDS hosted the event ‘Sexual Politics in Diverse Communities: Conversations about Theory, Methodology, and Practice’ together with CIGS (Centre for Interdisciplinary...
Where are Support Needs in Sexual Citizenship?
On the 3rd of April CDS hosted the event ‘Sexual Politics in Diverse Communities: Conversations about Theory, Methodology, and Practice’ together with CIGS (Centre for Interdisciplinary...
Reflections on Personal Assistance across Europe
On the 25th March 2019, the European Network on Independent Living hosted an international conference on the present and future of personal assistance in Europe....
Thank you Professor Oliver, for showing the way
In this second blog (click here for 1st) posted as part of our tribute to Professor Michael (Mike) Oliver (1945-2019), Disability Studies pioneer, students at...
A Legacy Etched into the Minds of Others
At the Centre for Disability Studies we were very sad to hear of the death of Professor Michael (Mike) Oliver on 3rd March 2019. Since...
Understanding how care practices can enable or prevent mistreatment of disabled adults in residential care
In this latest Blog, CDS PhD student Josephine Sirotkin describes her motivation for undertaking an important research project into the mistreatment and abuse of disabled...