Thanks! It's exciting to have the chance to publish it in different formats, hopefully it makes it more accessible.

Recording studio vocal booth. A microphone is positioned above an iPad.

A book Disability a History of Resistance by David Turner. The cover shows a man without arms or legs in 18th century costume.

A white banner with the slogan AS ONE WE ARE STRONG, attributed to Zephaniah Williams

My (very small) office for the week, recording the audiobook of Disability: a History of Resistance. Radical Newport seems a fitting place to be recording my words on disabled people's role in 19th century working class struggles.

A great event towards the end of Jan - m'learned colleague Daniel Gordon, who recently took voluntary redundancy from academia, is going to reflect on how that feels and what it's like. Since many academics are going to be in that position, important. 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-univers...

Nothing Without Us: Disability in the arts and cultural sector - Arts Professional Dr Mai Musié, senior manager at the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE), speaks to three leaders working at the intersection of research and the cultural sector about disability...

It was great to be invited by aMai Musié to be part of this article on disability access and representation in the arts and cultural sector alongside Kyle Lewis Jordan and Touretteshero's Jess Thom.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/feature/noth...

Silver balloons spelling out Happy Birthday next to photos showing disability activism campaigns from the 1990s

30 years ago today the Disability Discrimination Act became law in the UK. We're at Insole Court, Cardiff today for #BeingHumanFestival25 reflecting on it's legacy

Sign saying Creative Protest and Celebration: 30 Years of the Disability Discrimination Act

Young man wearing black using a badge making machine watched by several people

Display of various colourful posters and photos showing aspects of disability activism from the early 1990s

Great to be at the Being Human Festival launch at the BFI, showcasing our event on disability activism and the Disability Discrimination Act #disabiliyhistory #publichumanities

Thank you Clare, that means a lot. It's a privilege to have a platform to tell these stories, so it's lovely to hear that they resonate.

History's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC Sounds A worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

History's Heroes - William Dodd Fights the Factories - BBC Sounds A worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

Out now! William Dodd Fights the Factories - me discussing the Industrial Revolution, factory reform and the history of Victorian disability activism www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Request for help from the autistic community! 💜♾️

I'm writing a book about autistic people's relationships with food & drink, and I want to include more personal examples/stories than just my own

If anyone is interested in contributing, this survey link has more info:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGCYTJP

It might be beyond the scope of the book, but thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much I look forward to reading!

I didn't know about that. Yes, I'd love to learn more

Thanks! I write a bit about how disabled people in the past responded to tech and innovated their own. Mental health is there in the book but it's not something I look at in great detail. It's a big time period I'm covering so inevitably there are some gaps, but also lots that's new hopefully!

Thank you!

Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr

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/...

Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998: Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times. Jennifer Lee Rosman @JenLRossman: We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Screen with text for RHS blog post: ‘Piloting the responsible and effective use of generative AI in undergraduate History Teaching’.

How do history undergraduates routinely use generative AI in the classroom?

In a new post on the RHS blog, David Clayton, Henrice Altink & Esther Wilson review their recent project: 'Piloting the responsible and effective use of generative AI in undergraduate History Teaching' bit.ly/40loJUG 1/2

This week! Creative consultation event on Welsh Government's Disabled People's Action Plan organised by Autistic UK and Disability Arts Cymru www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-life-my...

This week! Creative consultation event on Welsh Government's Disabled People's Action Plan organised by Autistic UK and Disability Arts Cymru www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-life-my...

69,000 railway company records released! - Railway Work, Life & Death An introduction to our new data release - railway staff accident records produced by English & Welsh railway companies, 1855-1929.

OUT FOR ONE MONTH!

The updated Railway Work, Life & Death project database of accidents to British & Irish railway staff, 1855-1939.

Exactly a month ago we added 69,000 records - & 2000 of you have downloaded, with 14.6k views: thank you!

See:

Today! 👇

Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century

Next week I'll be speaking on the long history of disabled people's agency and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research. Everyone welcome! www.history.ac.uk/events/histo...

Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan | GOV.WALES We want your views on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan.

Welsh Government's Disabled People's Rights plan is now open for consultation. Follow the link to read the recommendations and have your say: www.gov.wales/draft-disabl...

This is the paper I gave to historians about “AI” last week. I was at Queen Mary University in London last week at a charming conference that turned out to be mainly about modern British history. I…

Here we go folks:
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Line drawn image showing around 250 railwaymen, with a caption 'One hundred times as many railway men as are here shown were injured - 471 of them fatally - through accidents on the railways in the United Kingdom last year' for 1915.

Monday is International Workers Memorial Day - #IWMD #IWMD25

This is a really important day for the Railway Work, Life & Death project, given our focus.

On Monday, every hour for 24 hours, we'll post details of past UK railway staff hurt by their work: follow #IWMDHourByHour

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Swansea University Searching for an academic job? Explore this Postdoctoral Research Associate opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

We're hiring! Postdoctoral researcher post on the AMEND project exploring early modern neurodivergence, working with Dr Laura Seymour www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...

A new life for ‘British Printed Images to 1700’ Laura Sangha This post introduces our new mini-series Visual Culture in early modern England. Guest posts in the mini-series will be published over the course of the next month – we will add links …

ICYMI: the many-headed monster has just launched a new mini-series on Visual Culture in #EarlyModern England.

Over the next month we celebrating the relaunch of British Printed Image to 1700 by publishing guest posts on the theme.

1st post tomorrow (Thurs)!🗃️

manyheadedmonster.com/2025/02/24/a...

The history of ‘indecent advertisements’ in public toilets - The National Archives blog PhD student Jessica Gregory examines illicit advertising in the early 20th century.

Check out this blog post by Jess Gregory, my PhD student, on indecent advertisements in public toilets in the late c19th/early 20th:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-history-...

Thanks for sharing, I'm learning a lot from this series!