University hosts online Disability History Month event

Staff from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host the free, live online webinar on Wednesday December 13, from 1pm to 2.45pm. The event is supported by the University of Chester’s Diversity Festival.

The focus will be this year’s theme of Disability, Children and Youth.

The talks will be presented on:

• 'Growing up with disabilities: personal and professional reflections' - Dave Thompson, MBE DL, Chief Executive of Warrington Disability Partnership
• 'Christianity, sign languages, and Deaf education: a brief history' - Professor Wayne Morris, Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research, University of Chester
• ‘Disabled children and Victorian literature’ - Alex Tankard, Lecturer in English Literature, University of Chester
• 'Growing up disabled: stereotypes, barriers and overcoming them' - Dan Cole, Student Services, University of Chester.

For more information and to register for a free place, please visit the event website.  

Disability History Month is an annual event and is taking place from November 16 to December 16, 2023. For more information, please visit: https://ukdhm.org/.