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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
A girl laid in bed with an ipad

Employing disabled people: how and why the workplace can be transformed

Disability researchers Sally Whitney, Lucy Watts (MBE) and Rachael Black have come together to create a set of resources to guide employers on employing disabled people.
Toronto, Canada

iHuman doctoral researchers establish networks in Toronto, Canada

iHuman doctoral researchers in the School of Education, Lindsay Miller and Michael Miller, recently returned from a three-day stay in Toronto, Canada.

Graffiti art

Interventions in Disabled Childhood Studies

How might we foreground the perspectives of disabled children and young people? To what extent can research work productively with disabled children as co-researchers?

A picture of a school classroom

Co-creating a research toolkit

On Tuesday 7th May, School of Education and iHuman Research Fellow Kirsty Liddiard visited Greenacre School, Barnsley, to begin planning the Living Life to the Fullest Co-Production Toolkit.

Book cover for 'A life without limits'

Jane Campbell reviews 'A life without limits'

We are delighted to post a guest blog written by the cross bench peer Baroness Jane Campbell reviewing Sir Bert Massie’s memoir ‘A life without limits’. Bert Massie was a leading disability activist and his memoir is published in May 2019.