Hannah Morgan
@hannahnagrom.bsky.social
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Ugly laws led to poor, disabled people being institutionalized. It's now part of the strategy Trump plans to use to get rid of unhoused people, in DC and beyond.
For @motherjones.com, I spoke to @okaysoldierschweik.bsky.social, who wrote a book about ugly laws.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For @motherjones.com, I spoke to @okaysoldierschweik.bsky.social, who wrote a book about ugly laws.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Ugly laws: the blueprint for Trump's anti-homeless crusade
DC's crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.
www.motherjones.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ugly laws led to poor, disabled people being institutionalized. It's now part of the strategy Trump plans to use to get rid of unhoused people, in DC and beyond.
For @motherjones.com, I spoke to @okaysoldierschweik.bsky.social, who wrote a book about ugly laws.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For @motherjones.com, I spoke to @okaysoldierschweik.bsky.social, who wrote a book about ugly laws.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New open access article by Alex Pearl 'Recognising Capabilities: The Importance of Recognition for Human Flourishing' which suggests a new approach to sociolegal analysis and challenging structural injustice by embedding Fraser's theory of recognition.
bit.ly/45dt0we @lawatleeds.bsky.social
bit.ly/45dt0we @lawatleeds.bsky.social
Recognising Capabilities: The Importance of Recognition for Human Flourishing
This article aims to enrich critical sociolegal scholarship and methodological approaches within the field of capability theory by introducing ‘recognising capabilities analysis’. The recognising cap....
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August 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New open access article by Alex Pearl 'Recognising Capabilities: The Importance of Recognition for Human Flourishing' which suggests a new approach to sociolegal analysis and challenging structural injustice by embedding Fraser's theory of recognition.
bit.ly/45dt0we @lawatleeds.bsky.social
bit.ly/45dt0we @lawatleeds.bsky.social
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We are looking for contributors to a zine to hand out at Labour Party conference, about disability and current state of things. 120-350 words per topic. Please get in touch to find out more.
July 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We are looking for contributors to a zine to hand out at Labour Party conference, about disability and current state of things. 120-350 words per topic. Please get in touch to find out more.
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My talk on 18th century histories of disability and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research is now available as a podcast
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr
www.history.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My talk on 18th century histories of disability and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research is now available as a podcast
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Turned this around in less than three weeks, a new record for us!
July 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Turned this around in less than three weeks, a new record for us!
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Why is learning faster a motivating concept? It's core marketing for pushing edtech tools. I know people want to qualify faster but most _learning_ theory is about the success of the slow burn.
July 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Why is learning faster a motivating concept? It's core marketing for pushing edtech tools. I know people want to qualify faster but most _learning_ theory is about the success of the slow burn.
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Our Carlo Eugeni is hosting the 16th International Conference on Live Subtitling and Speech-to-Text Interpreting on the Leeds University campus on July 4th 2025. More information on their website: webs.uab.cat/livesubtitli...
#ICoLS16
#ICoLS16
Live Subtitling and Speech-To-Text Interpreting
webs.uab.cat
June 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Our Carlo Eugeni is hosting the 16th International Conference on Live Subtitling and Speech-to-Text Interpreting on the Leeds University campus on July 4th 2025. More information on their website: webs.uab.cat/livesubtitli...
#ICoLS16
#ICoLS16
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The UK Disability History and Heritage Hub is excited to announce that registration for our 2nd Annual Connecting + Sharing Event on June 25 is now live. This year will be entirely virtual, and attendance is free, more information, and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukdhhh-202...
UKDHHH 2025 Connecting + Sharing Event
Join us at the UKDHHH Connecting + Sharing event to hear more about those working with, or interested in, disability histories.
www.eventbrite.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The UK Disability History and Heritage Hub is excited to announce that registration for our 2nd Annual Connecting + Sharing Event on June 25 is now live. This year will be entirely virtual, and attendance is free, more information, and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukdhhh-202...
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🧵 I’m organising workshops where autistic people can help plan research. I’m looking for a few autistic people to take part, either in a text (typed) discussion, or on a Teams video call. I’ll ask what you think about different ideas for research on the general theme of ‘autistic & thriving’. 1/5
May 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🧵 I’m organising workshops where autistic people can help plan research. I’m looking for a few autistic people to take part, either in a text (typed) discussion, or on a Teams video call. I’ll ask what you think about different ideas for research on the general theme of ‘autistic & thriving’. 1/5
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Today @amnestyuk.bsky.social released a report exposing the brutal reality of the UK social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins.
Myself & colleagues authored the section on the impacts on Disabled people.
Please read & share widely! www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Myself & colleagues authored the section on the impacts on Disabled people.
Please read & share widely! www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Social Insecurity Report
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Today @amnestyuk.bsky.social released a report exposing the brutal reality of the UK social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins.
Myself & colleagues authored the section on the impacts on Disabled people.
Please read & share widely! www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
Myself & colleagues authored the section on the impacts on Disabled people.
Please read & share widely! www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/so...
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Our zines are being covered in History Workshop @historywo.bsky.social www.historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-h...
Politicising Disability Through Zines
How can zines be used to communicate disability history through a non-medical lens?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
April 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Our zines are being covered in History Workshop @historywo.bsky.social www.historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-h...
Really chuffed we secured these scholarships for students from lower income Commonwealth countries, the application window is tight so please pass onto your networks.
Apply for our Commonwealth Distance Learning Masters Scholarships 2025!
Applications will be accepted from Commonwealth countries for the two-year part-time online MSc in Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion.
You can find out more information & apply below:
courses.leeds.ac.uk/d326/disabil...
Applications will be accepted from Commonwealth countries for the two-year part-time online MSc in Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion.
You can find out more information & apply below:
courses.leeds.ac.uk/d326/disabil...
Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion MSc | University of Leeds
Study MSc Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion, Online, to meet the challenges facing disabled people around the world.
courses.leeds.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Really chuffed we secured these scholarships for students from lower income Commonwealth countries, the application window is tight so please pass onto your networks.
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Thanks so much to @theguardian.com for having me, and especially @estelletang.bsky.social for her fastidious edits. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone
Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thanks so much to @theguardian.com for having me, and especially @estelletang.bsky.social for her fastidious edits. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
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History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
History UK Disability and History Project
The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…
www.history-uk.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
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Joy as a disabled person is a radical act.
I have edited a series for Wellcome Collection Stories which explores what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled.
The series starts with a passionate performance by @katestanforthdance.bsky.social
wellcomecollection.org/stories/ball...
I have edited a series for Wellcome Collection Stories which explores what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled.
The series starts with a passionate performance by @katestanforthdance.bsky.social
wellcomecollection.org/stories/ball...
Ballet, beauty, and the joy of wheelchair dance
Since childhood, Kate Stanforth has danced whenever and wherever she could. The only difference now is her wheelchair.
wellcomecollection.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Joy as a disabled person is a radical act.
I have edited a series for Wellcome Collection Stories which explores what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled.
The series starts with a passionate performance by @katestanforthdance.bsky.social
wellcomecollection.org/stories/ball...
I have edited a series for Wellcome Collection Stories which explores what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled.
The series starts with a passionate performance by @katestanforthdance.bsky.social
wellcomecollection.org/stories/ball...
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Bristolians! The Arnolfini is running an Accessibility & Environment Film Festival on 1 March 2025. lots of shorts and things. Co-founded by disability activists and groups in Bristol area. arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/aeff...
Accessibility & Environment Film Festival - Arnolfini
A showcase of 14 winning films from the Accessibility & Environment Film Festival. Join us for a selection of feature documentaries, factual shorts, comedies, animations and experimental films on disa...
arnolfini.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bristolians! The Arnolfini is running an Accessibility & Environment Film Festival on 1 March 2025. lots of shorts and things. Co-founded by disability activists and groups in Bristol area. arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/aeff...
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Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like
All those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them…
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
Fab opportunity to do a fascinating fully funded phd project with the wonderful @bevclough.bsky.social
Come and do a fully funded PhD with me and brilliant colleagues @moniquehuy.bsky.social and @suecaton.bsky.social at MMU on Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fab opportunity to do a fascinating fully funded phd project with the wonderful @bevclough.bsky.social
Great to see more disability studies work on dis/abling futures (open access)
JOURNAL ARTICLE PUBLICATION DAY!
Our article DIS/ABLING FUTURES: WHAT ABLEISM STOPS US NOTICING is in press and available online. Written collectively between myself, @loesdamhof.bsky.social and Martin Calnan
Our article DIS/ABLING FUTURES: WHAT ABLEISM STOPS US NOTICING is in press and available online. Written collectively between myself, @loesdamhof.bsky.social and Martin Calnan
Dis/abling Futures: What Ableism Stops Us Noticing * Journal of Futures Studies
Essay Craig Slee, Loes Damhof, Martin Calnan Independent disabled writer, consultant & theorist. Lancaster, UK UNESCO Chair on Futures Literacy in Higher Education at Hanze University of Applied Scie...
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January 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Great to see more disability studies work on dis/abling futures (open access)
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RIP Devva Kasnitz - a truly inspirational, kind, fiery disability scholar and activist! The DS community has lost a kindred spirit, but she will never be forgotten. An infrastructural activist whose influence knows no bounds. Thank you for all you’ve taught me 💛
portrait by Mallory Kay Nelson
portrait by Mallory Kay Nelson
January 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
RIP Devva Kasnitz - a truly inspirational, kind, fiery disability scholar and activist! The DS community has lost a kindred spirit, but she will never be forgotten. An infrastructural activist whose influence knows no bounds. Thank you for all you’ve taught me 💛
portrait by Mallory Kay Nelson
portrait by Mallory Kay Nelson
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Does ‘Become a hermit’ sound attractive right now?
Yeah, this is advice I give (in small doses) for anyone with focus challenges right now…
blog.aare.edu.au/your-focus-i...
Yeah, this is advice I give (in small doses) for anyone with focus challenges right now…
blog.aare.edu.au/your-focus-i...
Your focus isn’t broken, it just needs time
Focus feels hard and messy because it is hard work, and it's where we address the hard problems. Here's how to regroup.
blog.aare.edu.au
January 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Does ‘Become a hermit’ sound attractive right now?
Yeah, this is advice I give (in small doses) for anyone with focus challenges right now…
blog.aare.edu.au/your-focus-i...
Yeah, this is advice I give (in small doses) for anyone with focus challenges right now…
blog.aare.edu.au/your-focus-i...
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Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
January 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [.] and the distinction between true and false [.] no longer exists.”
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Look to the future with hope. Things can and often do get better
Image: www.instagram.com/mindfulartzy
Image: www.instagram.com/mindfulartzy
January 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Look to the future with hope. Things can and often do get better
Image: www.instagram.com/mindfulartzy
Image: www.instagram.com/mindfulartzy
Great to see an interview with @sfdirewolf.bsky.social by @maanvisingh.bsky.social on @theguardian.com today. As radical, hopeful and powerful as ever 'Anger transforms into a battery charger that gives me a boost when it’s sorely needed.' #DisabledOracle
bit.ly/AliceWongGua...
bit.ly/AliceWongGua...
MacArthur genius Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist and ‘disabled oracle’ reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds solace in sci-fi
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January 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great to see an interview with @sfdirewolf.bsky.social by @maanvisingh.bsky.social on @theguardian.com today. As radical, hopeful and powerful as ever 'Anger transforms into a battery charger that gives me a boost when it’s sorely needed.' #DisabledOracle
bit.ly/AliceWongGua...
bit.ly/AliceWongGua...
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Hello everyone! I am now recruiting for my PhD - at the moment I'm looking for three people (studying in Social Sciences/Humanities) to take part before Christmas break.
If you are interested drop me a message/email at c.meadows-haworth@lancaster.ac.uk
If you are interested drop me a message/email at c.meadows-haworth@lancaster.ac.uk
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Hello everyone! I am now recruiting for my PhD - at the moment I'm looking for three people (studying in Social Sciences/Humanities) to take part before Christmas break.
If you are interested drop me a message/email at c.meadows-haworth@lancaster.ac.uk
If you are interested drop me a message/email at c.meadows-haworth@lancaster.ac.uk