Please Share widely Thanks, Nancy 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 True Inclusion moves at the speed of trust. Atif Choudhury 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: National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN) discussion list <NADSN-ALL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Best, Melanie <Melanie.Best@WLV.AC.UK> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 9:36 AM To: NADSN-ALL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <NADSN-ALL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: Ableism in Academic Talk Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hello everyone Please find details of a talk (Ableism in Academia: Listening to Lived Experience and Challenging Practice) that we are running that may be of interest: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ableism-in-academia-listening-to-lived-experience-and-challenging-practice-tickets-771572182167?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl Many thanks Dr Melanie Best (pronouns she/her) Senior Lecturer Sport | Co-chair Disabled Staff Network | West Midlands Regional co-lead NADSN Please note: My usual working days are Tuesday and Thursday (all day) and Friday (mornings). [NADSN Logo] Web: www.nadsn-uk.org<https://url6.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1p6ykA-0007bv-4E&d=4%7Cmail%2F14%2F1671389400%2F1p6ykA-0007bv-4E%7Cin6l%7C57e1b682%7C10977208%7C9441127%7C639F60FE9FF8D87745B988921C0F31F7&o=wphtw%2F%2Fwt%3Aud.n.n-kas%2Fgro&s=ZzjK-Ds4cO10IvfGa-UJEsS27EQ> | Facebook: NatAssDSN<https://url6.mailanyone.net/scanner?m=1p6ykA-0007bv-4E&d=4%7Cmail%2F14%2F1671389400%2F1p6ykA-0007bv-4E%7Cin6l%7C57e1b682%7C10977208%7C9441127%7C639F60FE9FF8D87745B988921C0F31F7&o=%2Fphtw%3A%2Fwtsoaw.kebofctm.csNaAo%2FeNsD%3DfrfS%3Fst&s=ejkAeP6ZJHq5Xpzvi8hClMYKCKE> | Twitter: @nadsn_uk<https://twitter.com/nadsn_uk> ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the NADSN-ALL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=NADSN-ALL&A=1