Reimagining Disability

How can we reimagine disability as more than just a medical identity? This series explores disabled people’s history in relation to social, political, cultural, and economic agency.

Disabled People’s Activism in Victorian Britain

David Turner 3 October 20244 October 2024

Long before the modern disabled people's movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity. David Turner reflects on the development of disabled people's activism in Victorian Britain.

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Forming the Chinese Deaf Community

Shu Wan 19 September 20244 October 2024

What happens when we challenge the Eurocentric narrative that has dominated Chinese Deaf history? Shu Wan explores the early history of the Deaf community in China.

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The Myth of Marginality

Simon Jarrett 4 July 20244 July 2024

How did people with learning disabilities live before the asylum? Simon Jarrett interrogates the assumption that this community has always been hidden from mainstream society.

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Nothing About Us Without Us

Kirstie Stage 11 June 202411 June 2024

Kirstie Stage considers how 'oral' history can be used to capture Deaf and disabled people's histories and experiences.

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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub

Beckie Rutherford, Alexandra F. Morris, Louise Bell & Samuel Brady 30 May 202429 May 2024

How do we investigate disability history and heritage?

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Tomorrow is Yesterday: Disability in Ancient Egypt

Alexandra F. Morris 16 May 202416 May 2024

Alexandra F. Morris reflects on the presence of disability within ancient Egypt and how much can be identified by the lived expertise of disabled researchers.

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