SCDR Disability

Researchers working @UofGlasgow & @UofGsociology. Producing rigorous, cutting edge, high impact work to remove disabling barriers & improve people's lives.

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Fab for any student but particularly valuable so those working in disability studies with an interest in developing applied and impact skills? Please retweet!

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Fab for any student but particularly valuable so those working in disability studies with an interest in developing applied and impact skills? Please retweet!

[Nick Watson @Nicholastwatson]

Benefit changes have made increasing demands on disabled people, it is a ''survival of the fittest’ regime... disabled people without knowledge, financial and social resources are less able to weather the protracted and difficult process from application to award'

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Wowsers to former @DisabilitySCDR researcher Hazel McFarlane who has been recognised by the Shaw Trust as one of the 100 most influential disabled people. https://t.co/NV5JPJD0eI
#OurNumerOne #AcademicsForImpact

[Rebecca Porter (she/her) @RebeccaPorter_]

Had DMs from people who didn’t know about @Transgendertrd and @JDisSoc ‘s assosiation with them.
My view: If disabilty studies is all about inclusion, this includes everyone- every social class, race, sexuality, and gender identity.
There’s no place for transphobia in this field.

[Rebecca Porter (she/her) @RebeccaPorter_]

In light of the #EnoughIsEnough Transgender Trend campaign, I am no longer reviewing ‘Crippled: the demonization of disabled people under austerity’ for Disability and Society. I am a working class, LGBT, disabled woman and proud. No academic opportunity can change that. (1/2)

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

The SCDR supports trans-inclusive research and researchers in disability studies. We must challenge all forms of oppression and foster spaces that engage meaningfully with the intersections of trans and disabled experiences.

[Mhairi Black 🏳️‍🌈 @MhairiBlack]

I literally spoke to the then Health Sec in person to tell her not to close the ward, put it in writing to her and invited her to the constituency to meet with parents affected to see why it should stay open. But I’m sure the truth won’t stop you spreading this tired Labour line.

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Great wee film on independent living from @ScotHumanRights #AllOurRights10

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Some things are better .....? Work to do

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Quantitative Social Science Data with R https://t.co/ggLHM2ZbjW

[Dr Sally Witcher @SalWitcher]

UK Govt abandons strategy aimed at improving disabled people's lives. Unfortunately they seem to have replaced it with one aimed at destroying our lives @InclusionScot Scrapped! Ministers ‘secretly ditch government’s disability strategy’ https://t.co/VdW2fWHRRE via @johnpringdns

[Dr Sally Witcher @SalWitcher]

And another one! Now 5 (yes FIVE) excellent internship opportunities for disabled people. We'd be v grateful for retweets and help to spread the word, to ensure disabled people don't miss these opportunities. Thanks! @GDA__online @GCIL_Support @SDSScot @DAScotland @ALLIANCEScot https://t.co/jcg5o0oTEO

[Scottish Human Rights Commission @ScotHumanRights]

We're excited to be working with @EHRCScotland & @InclusionScotland on these #DisabilityRights events in #Inverness & #Edinburgh on 6 March. Come along! https://t.co/BwTFniwNZ2

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

@daniel_blackie Thank you! What a resource.

[Daniel Blackie @daniel_blackie]

The 1842 Children's Employment Report is a pop source for #MiningHistory, but it's also a great (&rarely used) document for #disabilityhistory.

HAVE A LOOK! There's lots of extracts from the report at the fab #Durham Mining Museum. Like this one (No 303)
https://t.co/ng7PkkZWEa

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

The intersection of age and impairment is a critical field still poorly understood or recognised. Who would value an https://t.co/6aDUCo3rVH convention on the rights of older people? We would.
#allourrights
@Judithshrc @ScotHumanRights https://t.co/PRumAJYd5r

[Judith Robertson @altojud]

We are discussing the possibility of a new international human rights convention on the rights of older people What do you think? #allourrights

[Glasgow Human Rights Network @GlasgowHumRts]

@UofGlasgow & @UofGSPS your Drs Mo Hume and Neil Burnside are trailblazing human rights. #WorldChangers https://t.co/f9AihYR3wd

[SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR]

Looking forward to reading this! https://t.co/IUGdMhlo9O

[Gillian MacIntyre @GMacIntyre293]

It’s finally done! Our new book arrived today. Thanks to all our contributors for their hard work and patience and to @Editor_Hooper at @PalgraveSW for his support @pearsemac, @SRNFrank, @GavinDavidson70, @MartinK55,

[Jamie Pearce @jamie0pearce]

Life expectancy gap between rich and poor widens in England https://t.co/BuO5zuZrXC