Category 2024 – 25 | Disability Politics (online)
Wednesday 24th April, 2024 The present talk is a work in progress which will be part of my upcoming volume titled Decolonial Disability and Social Epistemologies. Its purpose is to interrogate the meaning of Marx’s famous aphorism: to everyone according… Continue Reading →
Interventions into Disability Politics, 20th November 2024 In 1999, the American radio speaker Thom Hartmann proposed to explain the origin of ADHD as an “evolutionary mismatch”: ADHD people would be characterised by “pre-modern minds”, fit for hunter-gatherer societies and unfit… Continue Reading →
27th March 2025 Kirstie Stage: Bridging the gap between Trade Unionism and the Disabled People’s Movement Deaf and disabled organisers have long been part of and contributed to the efforts of the British Labour Movement, notably through organisations such as… Continue Reading →
9th October, 2024 My PhD research focuses on the legacies of oppression embedded within participatory practices and their role in perpetuating the subjugation and discrimination of marginalised communities. I argue that a philosophical shift in the understanding of what constitutes… Continue Reading →
11th September 2024 This presentation critically reflects on disability selective abortion under UK law, arguing that the current legislative framework is disability discriminatory according to UN standards. This is because, under the UK law, a scale of severity of disability… Continue Reading →
