Nancy E Hansen, PhD, Professor, Director, Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies Accessibility is not an optics issue or a choice it is a necessity If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word. Haben Girma Disability is creativity at a moment’s notice. It adds depth and texture. It’s another element in the human experience 128 Education Building University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca<mailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/ ________________________________ From: The Disability-Research Discussion List <DISABILITY-RESEARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Vera Kubenz <v.i.kubenz@BHAM.AC.UK> Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 4:52 AM To: DISABILITY-RESEARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <DISABILITY-RESEARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: Webinar: Voices from Palestine The lives of people with disabilities under occupation and war Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Voices from Palestine: the lives of people with disabilities under occupation and war Thursday 11 June 2024 – Online 5:00- 6:30pm Lebanon 3:00 to 4:30pm UK 7:00- 8:30am Vancouver Please register in advance for this webinar here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eVJvrBWzSaiu_MiHq-HrJg#/registration Accessibility: British Sign Language interpreter, Arabic Sign Language interpreter, live close-captioning. Spoken Language: Speakers in English, video in Arabic with English subtitles. Translation from English to Arabic available. The webinar aims to shed light on the living conditions and challenges faced by people with disabilities in Palestine under occupation and amidst war conflicts. It will also delve into the concept of deinstitutionalisation of people with disabilities, discussing current projects and initiatives in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Through the voices of researchers, academics, and disability activists, the event will provide insights into the current situation of institutions and the destruction faced by many, along with testimonies from people directly impacted by displacement and conflict. This webinar will serve as a platform for dialogue, education, and advocacy surrounding disability rights in Palestine. This event is organised in collaboration with the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre and the Cambridge Network for Disability and Education Research (CaNDER) at the University of Cambridge, and the GCRF Network+ Disability Under Siege. Speakers Shireen is a journalist and disability activist from the Gaza Strip. Suzan Mitwalli is an academic researcher at the Institute of Community and Public Health of Birzeit University. Her main research interests are mental health and disability. She has worked for many years on disability intervention research and currently focuses on participatory action research. Shatha Abu Srour is a Researcher at the Institute of Community and Public Health of Birzeit University and disability activist. Professor Jasbir Puar is Professor and Graduate Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Author of the The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability. Dr. Itab Shuayb is an academic and senior researcher in inclusive design and disability specialist at the Centre for Lebanese Studies. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Engineering Department- Inclusive Design Group- University of Cambridge. Best wishes Vera Ms Vera Kubenz Project Manager – GCRF Network+ “Disability Under Siege” School of Education, College of Social Sciences University of Birmingham Pronouns: she/her or they/them Email: v.i.kubenz@bham.ac.uk<mailto:v.i.kubenz@bham.ac.uk> ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to disability-research-request@jiscmail.ac.uk Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.