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Pamela Block
@pblock8.bsky.social
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Disability Anthropologist at Western University and Activist
Books: Occupying Disability; Allies and Obstacles; Family and Disability Activism.
My research is based in Brazil and North America
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Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · Dec 20
Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website tupress.temple.edu/books/family...
Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website https://tupress.temple.edu/books/family-and-disability-activism Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website https://tupress.temple.edu/books/family-and-disability-activism
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I am so happy to say that a webinar on "Sibling Co-Creation During Times of Transition" recorded with Helen Ries and Dima Kassem is finally available online. It is short, only 36 minutes long but there is also a text summary of the discussion that followed which was really amazing.
WEBCAST | Co-creation during times of transition - Research Findings
This course is a replay of a web presentation of research findings with Dr. Pamela Block, Helen Ries and Dima Kassam. They share the results of their research on sibling relationships during times of ...
learning.siblingscanada.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Our latest collection of free education resources explores disability anthropology with Dr Pamela Block (@pblock8.bsky.social) from @westernu.ca, Dr Nádia Meinerz from the Federal University of Alagoas and Bruna Teixeira from the art collective Ateliê Ambrosina.
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September 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Dr Pamela Block (@pblock8.bsky.social) from @westernu.ca, Dr Nádia Meinerz from the Federal University of Alagoas and Bruna Teixeira from the art collective Ateliê Ambrosina are exploring disability and identity through portraits, podcasts and visual activism.

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September 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Upcoming talk June 25th at 1pm Eastern/6pm BST/10am Pacific
Siblings, Disability and Care: Cocreation during Times of Transition with Pamela Block Helen Ries and @dimakassem

Hosted by the @siblingstudies
www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
June 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Please do join our online event next on 25th June: 'Siblings, Disability and Care: Anthropological and Co-Created Perspectives'. With @pblock8.bsky.social Helen Ries Dima Kassem @nikitahayden.bsky.social @tomjryan99.bsky.social
Programme here: tinyurl.com/mr2ejrt7
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/mra86v38
Flyer for an event as follows: Siblings, Disability and Care: Anthropological and Co-Created Perspectives. Co-Creation During Times of Transition. This online event builds an understanding of the impact of major life transitions on sibling relationships – particularly the emotional, social and caregiving dynamics involved. We will look at mutual care relationships as a form of access intimacy, activist affordances, and worldmaking between disabled and non-disabled siblings. We will discuss possible directions for future research as well as recommendations for service providers, decision makers, parents and others to contribute to building sustainable, inclusive support systems and better overall outcomes. This project is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The event is on Wednesday 25th June 2025 at 6-7.30pm BST and 1-2.30. Email n.hayden@sheffield.ac.uk for information on signing up.
May 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Coming out June 6th.
pblock8.bsky.social Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · Dec 20
Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website tupress.temple.edu/books/family...
Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website https://tupress.temple.edu/books/family-and-disability-activism Here are the official flyers with 25% discount for Family and Disability Activism. The discount code is PO25S the info in the images is available at the book’s website https://tupress.temple.edu/books/family-and-disability-activism
May 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The 2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) has opened!

We are looking for adults with disabilities who are 18 years or over to take our survey!

Take the survey at: kuhealthsurvey.org

The world is changing, and now, more than ever, your experiences need to be heard!
Survey flier featuring diverse group of people with disabilities The 2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) has opened! We are looking for adults with disabilities who are 18 years or over to take our survey! Take the survey at: kuhealthsurvey.org The world is changing, and now, more than ever, your experiences need to be heard! Questions? Contact us! Phone: 1 (855) 556-6328 Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
April 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Expanding the Capacity of Planning and Facilitation Supports in Canada

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: DISABLED INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES UNDERGOING A PLANNING AND FACILITATION PROCESS.
Expanding the Capacity of Planning and Facilitation Supports in Canada PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: DISABLED INDIVIUDALS & FAMILIES UNDERGOING A PLANNING AND FACILITATION PROCESS. Aim of this research: This study, conducted in collaboration with Partners for Planning and Disability and Medical Anthropologists at Western University, aims to explore the impact of planning and facilitation on disabled individuals and their families engaged in this process. Who can participate:  Participants must be 18 years or older.  Must be an autistic person, a person with intellectual disability, or a family member who is involved in a planning and facilitation process or a Facilitator.  Must be able to speak English What to expect if you decide to participate:  Interviews will be conducted via Zoom.  Each Interview will last approximately one hour. For more information about this study, please contact Dr. Pamela Block: Email: pblock(at)uwo.ca
May 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Check and see if this is in your library’s catalog and if so share this to the librarians and ask them to remove it #disability #anthropology #publishing
drsamischalk.bsky.social Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · May 12
I don’t have a lot of capacity to deal with this but I just found out the sixth edition of the Disability Studies Reader is out. Four years ago a bunch of disability studies scholars, activists & artists protested our inclusion in this textbook.

www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Disability Studies Scholars Are Protesting a Prominent Textbook
A group of authors see problems not just with this edition of the reader, but with previous editions as well.
www.chronicle.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Featuring Drs. Angela Carter, Erin Durban, Jessica Horvath Williams, and Jennie Row!
Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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@asiananthropology.bsky.social #disability #disabilityanthropology #medicalanthropology
zhiyingma.bsky.social zhiyingma.bsky.social @zhiyingma.bsky.social · Apr 5
The book is officially out today! I can't wait to return to Chicago and hold my copy in hand! @socmedanthro.bsky.social
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Feb 27
In "Between Families and Institutions" @zhiyingma.bsky.social examines how the contemporary Chinese state’s biopolitical governance impacts families’ involvement in the psychiatric care of their close relatives. Read the intro for free now! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
https://buff.ly/4blj2dp
April 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Another amazing new book and note the discount codes #disabilty #disabilityanthropology #anthropology #culturalanthropology #medicalanthropology #casca @socmedanthro.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
In "Between Families and Institutions" @zhiyingma.bsky.social examines how the contemporary Chinese state’s biopolitical governance impacts families’ involvement in the psychiatric care of their close relatives. Read the intro for free now! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
https://buff.ly/4blj2dp
Cover of Between Families and Institutions: Mental Health and Biopolitical Paternalism in Contemporary China by Zhiying Ma. Background features artwork by Sophie Hing-Yee Cheung, a collage of white rectangular erasers covered in marbled streaks of newspaper ink. The title is centered and framed by a black and purple ink drawing that evokes a tree shape.
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
pblock8.bsky.social
Recommending this amazing new book!
zhiyingma.bsky.social zhiyingma.bsky.social @zhiyingma.bsky.social · Apr 5
The book is officially out today! I can't wait to return to Chicago and hold my copy in hand! @socmedanthro.bsky.social
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Feb 27
In "Between Families and Institutions" @zhiyingma.bsky.social examines how the contemporary Chinese state’s biopolitical governance impacts families’ involvement in the psychiatric care of their close relatives. Read the intro for free now! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
https://buff.ly/4blj2dp
April 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Thank you to all who attended this full-house event and thank you to the organizers and panelists!
pblock8.bsky.social Pamela Block @pblock8.bsky.social · Mar 17
April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land.  reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45. 

Tickets are $15 at this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com
April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land.  reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45.  Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here at this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtCQfj0xg3s_7cQ1gMr5eagrcdnNS3NAGbslOyXN4HvfndIQ/viewform?usp=preview Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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sherwood.news/world/canada...
Canada’s backlash against Trump tariffs is reshaping our northern neighbors’ shopping habits
New Prime Minister Mark Carney says the old relationship Canada had with the United States “is over.”...
sherwood.news
April 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
pblock8.bsky.social
April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land.  reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45. 

Tickets are $15 at this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com
April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land.  reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45.  Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here at this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtCQfj0xg3s_7cQ1gMr5eagrcdnNS3NAGbslOyXN4HvfndIQ/viewform?usp=preview Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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My piece in Time, out today!

time.com/7260543/medi...
The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements
If Republicans pass a plan with these restrictions, disabled people would not necessarily be exempt
time.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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My sister depends on Medicaid for food, housing, and medical care.
littlelobbyists.com Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · Feb 22
"Congress [plans] to use #Medicaid as a piggy bank to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy...In 2017, disability rights groups like #LittleLobbyists and @thearcus.bsky.social built a powerful coalition of organizations...to successfully protect Medicaid"–Anna Wadia, CARE Fund

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Anna Wadia: Saving Medicaid – and Our Democracy
If ever there was a moment for groups across a wide diversity of causes to join forces to fund and support this work, it is now.
couriernewsroom.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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I have been asked to present a talk about the future of accessibility. But I feel obliged to talk about the future we face if this current dismantling of our rights succeeds. Because we know what that world will look like -- we have only to look to the past. make4all.org/2025/02/21/w...
What is the future of accessibility?
I have been asked to present a talk about the future of accessibility. But how can I talk only about the amazing researchh I see our community doing, when I am watching the dismantling of the right…
make4all.org
February 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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We've been saying DEI includes diversity for a while. Now Trump's DEIA finally includes Accessibility. It's critical that we continue the push to recognize both the positives, and fight the negatives of DEIA together with all affected communities. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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February 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Happy Wednesday
A screenshot of a post on LinkedIn by Monty G. Marshall, Director at Center for Systemic Peace: "Congratulations America! The Polity Project has downgraded its score for the USA from +8 (democracy with factionalism/polarization) to 0 (freely elected executive, 8; total lack of constraints on executive action, 1; restricted factionalism, 6). President Trump began ruling by decree on "Day One"; Congress has done nothing to rein him in; there is some reaction by the courts but time has proven that Trump is an expert in delaying, ignoring, or otherwise avoiding legal accountability for years (until legal action becomes irrelevant). Ignoring the Constitution and Rule of Law is the functional equivalent to suspending the constitution. USA scores 4 on democratic authority and 4 on autocratic authority (POLITY = 0). This change is considered an autocoup (executive coup) and an Adverse Regime Change."
February 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM